Django static files not serving when running inside Docker container

Question

I have a django application thats is rendering the static files when run outside docker container. I added a Dockerfile so that I can run it in a container. However, the static files are not getting served when running in the container

The sample app that I have used can be found here

I have added the following Dockerfile at the root level

FROM python:3.8

#add project files to the usr/src/app folder
ADD . /usr/src/app

#set directoty where CMD will execute 
WORKDIR /usr/src/app/wisdompets
COPY requirements.txt ./

# Get pip to download and install requirements:
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Expose ports
EXPOSE 8000

# default command to execute    
CMD exec gunicorn wisdompets.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 3

And the requirements.txt file at root level as below

django==3.0.3
gunicorn==20.0.4

The static files settings in my settings.py is as follows

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]

Please let me know if there's something wrong with my configuration

Answer 1

You are missing collectstatic command which will package static files alongside the app.

Check this link for reference.

Answer 2

Revisa keeps you configured.

STATIC_ROOT

You should have no problems when you run the command.

python manage.py \
        collectstatic \
        --verbosity 0 \
        --noinput \
        --clear

If it's fine but still doesn't render the statics. Check the gunicorn documentation.

I recommend you to use uwsgi is much more elegant. https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/