id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 35290 500 Server error. Whitenoise Not Working when DEBUG = FALSE - Django - Hosting Static Files Shihab Khan nobody "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) " Bug new contrib.staticfiles 4.2 Normal 500 Server error, Whitenoise, DEBUG = FALSE Shihab Khan Unreviewed 1 0 0 0 0 0