#35290: 500 Server error. Whitenoise Not Working when DEBUG = FALSE - Django -
Hosting Static Files
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Reporter: Shihab Khan | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: contrib.staticfiles | Version: 4.2
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: 500 Server error, | Triage Stage:
Whitenoise, DEBUG = FALSE | Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Description changed by Shihab Khan:
Old description:
> I am running a Django website and it's about to go into production. I am
> now at the point where I need to set DEBUG = False in my settings.py
> file. I am getting the typical 500 errors because I have static files
> that are being hosted locally. I am working on getting Whitenoise to work
> to host my static files so I can move on with DEBUG = False. I have
> followed a lot of documentation and a lot of tutorials and think all of
> my configurations are all set but I am still getting the same error. When
> DEBUG = False I am still getting 500 errors on my production pages that
> have static files. Also when I inspect any static files on the page when
> DEBUG = True the URL has not changed at all. I am posting all of my
> configuration below in hopes that there is a simple mistake I made that I
> have been continuously skipped over but Whitenoise doesn't seem to be
> working and there seems to be no different from the way it was before now
> as Whitenoise is "implemented".
>
> I have run python manage.py collect static
>
> I have run pip install whitenoise
>
> I am new to white noise so I am just basing my knowledge on the tutorials
> and documentation I have found.
>
>
> setting.py
> from pathlib import Path
> import os
>
> # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
> BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
>
> def load_env():
> env_file = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '.env')
> if os.path.exists(env_file):
> with open(env_file, 'r') as file:
> for line in file:
> line = line.strip()
> if line and not line.startswith("#"):
> key, value = line.split('=')
> os.environ[key] = value
>
> # Load environment variables from the .env file
> load_env()
>
> # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
> # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
>
> # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
> SECRET_KEY = 'django-
> insecure-x=qe5@^3%@t1fk)pk@uyv&r!z^#9==^*-&aiqfau3@9x@+j%nm'
>
> # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
> DEBUG = True if os.getenv('DEBUG') == 'True' else False
>
> ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',')
>
> # Application definition
>
> INSTALLED_APPS = [
> 'django.contrib.admin',
> 'django.contrib.auth',
> 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
> 'django.contrib.sessions',
> 'django.contrib.messages',
> 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
> 'accounts',
> 'home',
> 'about',
> 'pricing',
> 'blog',
> 'contact',
> 'service',
> 'project',
> 'settings',
> 'legal',
> 'menus',
> 'adminapp',
> 'marketing',
> 'custompage',
> 'ckeditor',
> ]
>
> MIDDLEWARE = [
> 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
> 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
> 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
> 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
> ]
>
> if os.getenv('DEMO_MODE') == 'True':
> MIDDLEWARE.append('core.middleware.middleware.DemoModeMiddleware')
>
> if os.getenv("WHITENOISE_CONFIG") == "True":
> MIDDLEWARE.insert(1, 'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware')
>
> ROOT_URLCONF = 'core.urls'
>
> TEMPLATES = [
> {
> 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
> 'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, os.getenv('TEMPLATES_DIRS'))],
> 'APP_DIRS': True,
> 'OPTIONS': {
> 'context_processors': [
> 'django.template.context_processors.debug',
> 'django.template.context_processors.request',
> 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
> 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
> 'core.context_processors.website_settings_context',
> 'core.context_processors.seo_settings_context',
> 'core.context_processors.header_footer_context',
> 'core.context_processors.menu_data',
> 'core.context_processors.user_profile_context',
> 'core.context_processors.service_context',
> 'core.context_processors.project_context',
> 'core.context_processors.demo_mode_enabled',
> ],
> },
> },
> ]
>
> WSGI_APPLICATION = 'core.wsgi.application'
>
> # Database
> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
>
> # First install my sql client using - pip install mysqlclient
> if os.getenv('MYSQL_DB') == 'True':
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
> 'NAME': os.getenv('DB_NAME'),
> 'USER': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
> 'PASSWORD': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
> 'HOST': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
> 'PORT': os.getenv('DB_PORT'),
> }
> }
> else:
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
> 'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
> }
> }
> # Email Setup
> EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
> EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST')
> EMAIL_PORT = os.getenv('EMAIL_PORT')
> EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_TLS')
> EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
> EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')
>
> # Password validation
> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-
> validators
>
> AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
> {
> 'NAME':
> 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
> },
> {
> 'NAME':
> 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
> },
> {
> 'NAME':
> 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
> },
> {
> 'NAME':
> 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
> },
> ]
>
> # Internationalization
> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/i18n/
>
> LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
>
> TIME_ZONE = os.getenv('TIME_ZONE')
>
> USE_I18N = True
>
> USE_TZ = True
>
> # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
>
> STATIC_URL = os.getenv('STATIC_URL')
> STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,
> str(os.getenv('STATICFILES_DIRS')))]
> STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, str(os.getenv('STATIC_ROOT')))
> MEDIA_URL = str(os.getenv('MEDIA_URL'))
> MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, str(os.getenv('MEDIA_ROOT')))
>
> # Default primary key field type
> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
>
> DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
>
> AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'accounts.User'
>
> # white noise settings
> if os.getenv('WHITENOISE_CONFIG') == 'True':
> STORAGES = {
> "default": {
> "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
> },
> "staticfiles": {
> "BACKEND":
> "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
> },
> }
>
> urls.py
>
> from django.contrib import admin
> from django.urls import path ,include
> from django.conf import settings
> from django.conf.urls.static import static
> from django.views.generic import RedirectView
> from core.sitemaps import generate_sitemap
> from django.urls import re_path
> from django.views.static import serve
>
> urlpatterns = [
> path('oldadmin/', admin.site.urls),
> path('admin/' , RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name="adminHome"),
> name='adminRedirect'),
> path('dashboard/' , RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name="adminHome"),
> name='adminRedirect2'),
> path('', include('adminapp.urls')),
> path('', include('accounts.urls')),
> path('', include('home.urls')),
> path('', include('about.urls')),
> path('', include('pricing.urls')),
> path('', include('blog.urls')),
> path('', include('contact.urls')),
> path('', include('service.urls')),
> path('', include('project.urls')),
> path('', include('legal.urls')),
> path('', include('marketing.urls')),
> path('', include('custompage.urls')),
> path('sitemap.xml', generate_sitemap, name='generate_sitemap'),
> ]
>
> handler404 = 'accounts.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'adminapp.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'home.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'service.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'project.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'contact.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'about.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'blog.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'settings.views.error_404'
> handler404 = 'legal.views.error_404'
>
> handler500 = 'adminapp.views.error_500'
>
> urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL,
> document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
New description:
I am running a Django website and it's about to go into production. I am
now at the point where I need to set DEBUG = False in my settings.py file.
I am getting the typical 500 errors because I have static files that are
being hosted locally. I am working on getting Whitenoise to work to host
my static files so I can move on with DEBUG = False. I have followed a lot
of documentation and a lot of tutorials and think all of my configurations
are all set but I am still getting the same error. When DEBUG = False I am
still getting 500 errors on my production pages that have static files.
Also when I inspect any static files on the page when DEBUG = True the URL
has not changed at all. I am posting all of my configuration below in
hopes that there is a simple mistake I made that I have been continuously
skipped over but Whitenoise doesn't seem to be working and there seems to
be no different from the way it was before now as Whitenoise is
"implemented".
I have run python manage.py collect static
I have run pip install whitenoise
I am new to white noise so I am just basing my knowledge on the tutorials
and documentation I have found.
setting.py
{{{
from pathlib import Path
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
def load_env():
env_file = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '.env')
if os.path.exists(env_file):
with open(env_file, 'r') as file:
for line in file:
line = line.strip()
if line and not line.startswith("#"):
key, value = line.split('=')
os.environ[key] = value
# Load environment variables from the .env file
load_env()
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'django-
insecure-x=qe5@^3%@t1fk)pk@uyv&r!z^#9==^*-&aiqfau3@9x@+j%nm'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True if os.getenv('DEBUG') == 'True' else False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',')
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'accounts',
'home',
'about',
'pricing',
'blog',
'contact',
'service',
'project',
'settings',
'legal',
'menus',
'adminapp',
'marketing',
'custompage',
'ckeditor',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
if os.getenv('DEMO_MODE') == 'True':
MIDDLEWARE.append('core.middleware.middleware.DemoModeMiddleware')
if os.getenv("WHITENOISE_CONFIG") == "True":
MIDDLEWARE.insert(1, 'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware')
ROOT_URLCONF = 'core.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, os.getenv('TEMPLATES_DIRS'))],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
'core.context_processors.website_settings_context',
'core.context_processors.seo_settings_context',
'core.context_processors.header_footer_context',
'core.context_processors.menu_data',
'core.context_processors.user_profile_context',
'core.context_processors.service_context',
'core.context_processors.project_context',
'core.context_processors.demo_mode_enabled',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'core.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
# First install my sql client using - pip install mysqlclient
if os.getenv('MYSQL_DB') == 'True':
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': os.getenv('DB_NAME'),
'USER': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
'PASSWORD': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
'HOST': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
'PORT': os.getenv('DB_PORT'),
}
}
else:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
# Email Setup
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST')
EMAIL_PORT = os.getenv('EMAIL_PORT')
EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_TLS')
EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-
validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME':
'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME':
'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME':
'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME':
'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = os.getenv('TIME_ZONE')
USE_I18N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = os.getenv('STATIC_URL')
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,
str(os.getenv('STATICFILES_DIRS')))]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, str(os.getenv('STATIC_ROOT')))
MEDIA_URL = str(os.getenv('MEDIA_URL'))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, str(os.getenv('MEDIA_ROOT')))
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'accounts.User'
# white noise settings
if os.getenv('WHITENOISE_CONFIG') == 'True':
STORAGES = {
"default": {
"BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
},
"staticfiles": {
"BACKEND":
"whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
},
}
}}}
urls.py
{{{
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path ,include
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.views.generic import RedirectView
from core.sitemaps import generate_sitemap
from django.urls import re_path
from django.views.static import serve
urlpatterns = [
path('oldadmin/', admin.site.urls),
path('admin/' , RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name="adminHome"),
name='adminRedirect'),
path('dashboard/' , RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name="adminHome"),
name='adminRedirect2'),
path('', include('adminapp.urls')),
path('', include('accounts.urls')),
path('', include('home.urls')),
path('', include('about.urls')),
path('', include('pricing.urls')),
path('', include('blog.urls')),
path('', include('contact.urls')),
path('', include('service.urls')),
path('', include('project.urls')),
path('', include('legal.urls')),
path('', include('marketing.urls')),
path('', include('custompage.urls')),
path('sitemap.xml', generate_sitemap, name='generate_sitemap'),
]
handler404 = 'accounts.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'adminapp.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'home.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'service.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'project.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'contact.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'about.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'blog.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'settings.views.error_404'
handler404 = 'legal.views.error_404'
handler500 = 'adminapp.views.error_500'
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL,
document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
}}}
python manage.py collectstatic command
{{{
(venv) PS C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers> python manage.py
collectstatic
You have requested to collect static files at the destination
location as specified in your settings:
C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\assets
This will overwrite existing files!
Are you sure you want to do this?
Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel: yes
Post-processing 'admin\assets\css\vendors\icon\font-awesome\all.min.css'
failed!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\manage.py", line 22,
in <module>
main()
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\manage.py", line 18,
in main
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 442, in
execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 436, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 412, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py",
line 209, in hand
le
collected = self.collect()
File "C:\Users\intevers\Downloads\django\intevers\venv\lib\site-
packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py",
line 154, in coll
ect
raise processed
whitenoise.storage.MissingFileError: The file
'admin/assets/css/vendors/icon/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff2' could not be
found with <whitenoise.storage.Compres
sedManifestStaticFilesStorage object at 0x000002243C1053C0>.
The CSS file 'admin\assets\css\vendors\icon\font-awesome\all.min.css'
references a file which could not be found:
admin/assets/css/vendors/icon/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff2
Please check the URL references in this CSS file, particularly any
relative paths which might be pointing to the wrong location.
}}}
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