File name repeating in nginx - django

Question

I'm trying to setup django project to work with gunicorn and nginx server. With DEBUG=FALSE.
I see in nginx log that static word is repeated twice thus changing the path.
# settings.py
"""
Django settings for cognizance project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.2.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/
"""
import os
from pathlib import Path
import sys
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '<SECRET>'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1']
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'pages'
]
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',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'cognizance.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'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',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'cognizance.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/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/3.2/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
if sys.argv[1] != 'runserver':
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/")
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
# NGINX CONF - under sites-enabled
server {
listen 80;
server_name 127.0.0.1;
location /static/ {
root /home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance;
}
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}
}
# The error when I see the nginx logs
2021/04/18 17:27:05 [error] 7902#7902: *96 open() "/home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/static/js/bs-init.js" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: 127.0.0.1, request: "GET /static/js/bs-init.js HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1", referrer: "http://127.0.0.1/"
2021/04/18 17:27:05 [error] 7902#7902: *95 open() "/home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/static/js/smoothproducts.min.js" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: 127.0.0.1, request: "GET /static/js/smoothproducts.min.js HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1", referrer: "http://127.0.0.1/"
2021/04/18 17:27:05 [error] 7902#7902: *99 open() "/home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/static/js/theme.js" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: 127.0.0.1, request: "GET /static/js/theme.js HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1", referrer: "http://127.0.0.1/"
2021/04/18 17:27:06 [error] 7902#7902: *98 open() "/home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/static/js/Simple-Slider.js" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: 127.0.0.1, request: "GET /static/js/Simple-Slider.js HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1", referrer: "http://127.0.0.1/"
You can see that it requests /home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/static/js/Simple-Slider.js, instead of
/home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/js/Simple-Slider.js.
How do I fix it?
Project directory skeleton
I followed this tutorial to setup nginx
please ignore this, stackoverflow needs me to write few more lines of stufffff.....

Answer 1

Try using alias rather than root for your static files config
location /static {
alias /home/tejas/Desktop/cognizance/static/;
}
Either way you need to add /static/ to the root/alias