Django·Django from project to API

Static files and deployment

Collect static assets, configure production settings and deploy safely.

Intermediate 14 min read Lesson 9 of 300 Challenge included

What you will be able to do

Run collectstatic before deploying.
Set DEBUG=False in production.
Serve media and static from a proper server.
Run migrations in the release step.

In plain English

Development serves static files automatically; production needs collectstatic and a real web server or CDN. Set DEBUG=False, configure ALLOWED_HOSTS, use environment secrets and run migrations as part of the release.

release.shTerminal

python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
python manage.py migrate --noinput
gunicorn config.wsgi:application

Your turn

Disable debug

Easy

Set DEBUG from an environment variable with a safe default of False.

PYTHON · starter

DEBUG =

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