WhiteNoise

Django does not have a built-in solution for serving static files, at least not in production when DEBUG has to be False.

We have to use a third-party solution to accomplish this.

In this Tutorial we will use WhiteNoise, which is a Python library, built for serving static files.

Install WhiteNoise

To install WhiteNoise in your virtual environment, type the command below:

The result should be something like this:

Modify Settings

To make Django aware of you wanting to run WhitNoise, you have to specify it in the MIDDLEWARE list in settings.py file:

.
.
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',
    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
].
.

Collect Static Files

There are one more action you have to perform before you can serve the static file from the example in the . You have to collect all static files and put them into one specified folder. You will learn how in the .