Example configuration for AWS s3 bucket which serves Django static and media files.

django_aws_settings.py

"""
Dependencies:
pip install django
pip install django-storages[s3]
pip install python-decouple
"""

# proj/settings.py
from decouple import config


USE_S3 = config("USE_S3", cast=bool, default=False)

if USE_S3:
    # aws settings
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = config("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = config("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = config("AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
    AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = f"{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com"
    AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = config("AWS_S3_REGION_NAME")
    AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = None
    AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS = {"CacheControl": "max-age=86400"}
    
    # s3 static settings
    STATIC_LOCATION = "static"
    STATIC_URL = f"https://{AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN}/{STATIC_LOCATION}/"
    # s3 public media settings
    PUBLIC_MEDIA_LOCATION = "media"
    MEDIA_URL = f"https://{AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN}/{PUBLIC_MEDIA_LOCATION}/"

    STORAGES = {
        "default": {
            "BACKEND": "core.storage_backends.PublicMediaStorage",
            "OPTIONS": {
               # configure other storage objects here
            }
        },
        "staticfiles":{
            "BACKEND": "core.storage_backends.StaticStorage"
        }
    }
else:
    # using local filesytem to serve static and media files
    STATIC_URL = "static/"
    STATIC_ROOT = "/vol/static/"
    MEDIA_URL = "media/"
    MEDIA_ROOT = "/vol/media/"


# proj/custom_storage_backends.py
from storages.backends.s3 import S3Storage


class StaticStorage(S3Storage):
    location = "static"
    default_acl = "public-read"


class PublicMediaStorage(S3Storage):
    location = "media"
    default_acl = "public-read"
    file_overwrite = "False"