11heroku_static_files.md

Static Files on Heroku

There's a little more setup we have to do to get static files working on Heroku. In buildup/settings.py, we need to specify a couple more things so Heroku can properly configure static files:

STATIC_ROOT='staticfiles'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'buildup/static'),
)
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

We'll also need to modify buildup/wsgi.py to look like this:

import os
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "buildup.settings")
application = get_wsgi_application()

from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)

which will let whitenoise serve static files without Django having to worry about it. Now in requirements.txt, add the dependency on whitenoise:

whitenoise==1.0.6

And finally run

sudo pip install whitenoise==1.0.6

Now we're all set for Heroku to serve static files! You can push your app and see all the style changes you have added.