how to serve media files in django app nginx server? - django

Question

I am testing my django app in production mode (debug=false) using nginx, gunicorn, postgresql.
Though I am able to render static files, I am unable to access files stored in 'media' folder.
In my settings.py following are the variables set:
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
# also tried another combination: MEDIA_ROOT = 'media'
Also in urls.py the MEDIA_ROOT settings are as follows:
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('venter/', include('appname.urls')),
]+static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
And in my /etc/nginx/sites-available/ file I have the following settings:
server {
listen 80;
server_name website.com www.website.com ;
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
location /static {
root /home/a/btawebsite;
}
location /media/ {
root /home/a/btawebsite;
}
location / {
include proxy_params;
proxy_pass http://unix:/home/a/myproject.sock;
}
}
However while rendering the xlsx file stored in my django database as follows it throws me NOT found error.
{{file.output_file.url}}
I have tried every combination of configurations required for rendering MEDIA files but unable to achieve the outcome.
Thanks.
UPDATE: following changes to be made in settings.py
MEDIA_URL = '/'
MEDIA_ROOT = 'media'

Answer 1

If everything in django settings is properly configured you just need to add the following in the nginx conf:
location /media {
alias /home/user/django_app/media; #(locaion of your media folder)
}

Answer 2

In your settings.py write like this
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media') # root for media files
MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
FORCE_SERVE_STATIC = True
DEBUG=False
In your urls.py change like this
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += static(
settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
elif getattr(settings, 'FORCE_SERVE_STATIC', False):
settings.DEBUG = True
urlpatterns += static(
settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(
settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
settings.DEBUG = False
In your nginx.conf file change the root to your media folder
location /media/ {
root /home/nazmi/workspace/portal/media/ (url for your media folder);
}

Answer 3

First of all, remove the +static() from your urls.py. That's not correct for production, only for development.
In your nginx configuration, location = /media/ only applies for exact
matches, not locations starting with /media/. Remove the =.