Switch to WhiteNoise for production

Author: gigincg

config/settings/production.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 aws_s3_domain = AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN or f"{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com"
 # STATIC
 # ------------------------
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "course_api.utils.storages.StaticRootS3Boto3Storage"
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 COLLECTFAST_STRATEGY = "collectfast.strategies.boto3.Boto3Strategy"
 STATIC_URL = f"https://{aws_s3_domain}/static/"
 # MEDIA
@@ -204,3 +204,4 @@
 
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+MIDDLEWARE+=["whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware"]

requirements/production.txt

@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ sentry-sdk==1.5.4  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 django-storages[boto3]==1.12.3  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
 django-anymail[sendgrid]==8.5  # https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
+
+# Whitenoise
+whitenoise==6.0.0