Configure Whitenoise to serve static files in production

.forgejo/workflows/beta.yml

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
             # ── 6. Run Database Migrations ─────────────────────────────────
             ./venv/bin/python manage.py migrate --noinput
+            ./venv/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
             # ── 7. Configure and restart Systemd service ───────────────────
             sudo mv /tmp/emailservice.service /etc/systemd/system/emailservice.service

core/settings.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.1/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+# Simplified static file serving.
+# https://whitenoise.readthedocs.io/en/latest/django.html#add-compression-and-caching-support
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 MEDIA_URL = 'media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'
 

requirements.txt

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ six==1.17.0
 sqlparse==0.6.0
 urllib3==2.7.0
 gunicorn==22.0.0
+whitenoise==6.7.0