Enable whitenoise to serve static files

config/settings.py

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
 import os
 import environ
 
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 env = environ.Env(DEBUG=(bool, False))
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     #'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -100,19 +104,20 @@ LOGIN_URL = "/login/"
 
 LOGOUT_URL = "/logout/"
 
-# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/
+MEDIA_URL = "/media/"  # https://media.khana.be
+
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"
 
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),)
 
-MEDIA_URL = "/media/"  # https://media.khana.be
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'
 
-MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 
 DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
     "JQUERY_URL": STATIC_URL + "js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js",
 }
-
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"

requirements/base.txt

@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ reportlab==3.5.67
 simplejson==3.17.2
 Sphinx==3.5.4
 
+whitenoise==5.3
+
 gunicorn
 psycopg2