Ariel thanks a lot, I think I mostly understand Django's media handling, as I've used Django prior to GeoNode, and don't have a problem with production deployment. What I'm having a hard time with now is serving the static files in the development environment. Now to be clear, I can serve static files fine using the default setting for STATIC_URL. But if I change STATIC_URL to anything else, it fails to work. Even if I just add a prefix of http://localhost:8000/ it fails to work. (in production we may be serving static files from a different machine)
STATIC_URL = '/media/' # original setting, works fine STATIC_URL = '/static/' # fails STATIC_URL = 'http://localhost:8000/static/ # fails The paster host seems to be set up to serve files at the original setting location (/media/), and I can't find where to change it. Or maybe there's something else going on here. I also see you included this in your settings: STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage' which was removed from the settings file in 1.1 Is it required ? The relevant section of my settings file is pasted here, and it's currently configured to work properly, but I would like to change the names of some directories as well as be able to add an ASSETS_URL prefix (to point to a different machine) ########################################################### # Locations of things ########################################################### # Assets include media, static, admin, etc - any static resources ASSETS_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT,'media/') #'/var/www/geonode/' #ASSETS_URL = 'http://localhost:8000/media/' ASSETS_URL = "/media/" # Absolute path to the directory that holds media. # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/" MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(ASSETS_ROOT,'media/') # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases). # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com";, "http://example.com/media/"; MEDIA_URL = ASSETS_URL + 'media/' GEONODE_UPLOAD_PATH = MEDIA_ROOT # Absolute path to the directory that holds static files like app media. # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/apps/" STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(ASSETS_ROOT,'static/') # Additional directories which hold static files STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'media'), ) # URL that handles the static files like app media. # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com"; #STATIC_URL = ASSETS_URL + 'static/' STATIC_URL = '/media/' GEONODE_CLIENT_LOCATION = STATIC_URL + "static/" # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a # trailing slash. # Examples: "http://foo.com/media/";, "/media/". ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = os.path.join(ASSETS_URL,'admin/') On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Ariel Nunez <[email protected]> wrote: > Mathew, > > I understand how daunting media handling is for Django and especially > in GeoNode with the additional GEONODE_CLIENT_LOCATION, there is a > reason for each of those settings but I won't go in detail now (can > provide links later if needed). > > Here is how I configure the settings file in my development projects > so they are development and production friendly: > > MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static', 'uploaded') > > MEDIA_URL = '/uploaded/' > STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static') > STATIC_URL = '/static/' > GEONODE_UPLOAD_PATH = MEDIA_ROOT + 'geonode' > #GEONODE_CLIENT_LOCATION = 'http://localhost:8080/' > GEONODE_CLIENT_LOCATION = STATIC_URL + 'geonode/' > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = STATIC_URL + 'admin/' > > STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage' > > # Additional directories which hold static files > STATICFILES_DIRS = [ > os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'media'), > os.path.join(GEONODE_ROOT, "media"), > ] > > # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a > # trailing slash. > # Examples: "http://foo.com/media/";, "/media/". > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = os.path.join(STATIC_URL, "admin/") > > > For deployment you need to use the: `geonode collectstatic` static > command (pass it a -v0 flag if you have an error related to printing) > and that will take care of putting the static files in the right dir > (usually /var/www/geonode/static ). > > MEDIA_* are for user submitted files > STATIC_* are for things like css and js > GEONODE_CLIENT_URL is just there to be able to point to a development > version of geonode-client, usually maps to a place under STATIC_URL. > > In my urls.py I do: > > from staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns > > # Extra static file endpoint for development use > if settings.SERVE_MEDIA: > urlpatterns += > [url(r'^static/thumbs/(?P<path>.*)$','django.views.static.serve',{ > 'document_root' : settings.STATIC_ROOT + "/thumbs" > })] > urlpatterns += > [url(r'^uploaded/(?P<path>.*)$','django.views.static.serve',{ > 'document_root' : settings.MEDIA_ROOT > })] > > urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns() > > Hope it helps, > Ariel. > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Matthew Hanson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> We've been starting to work with GeoNode here, and this is my first >> post, although I met some of you at FOSS4G this year. I'd introduce >> our project, but right now there is no public site. We're using >> GeoNode in a multi-site configuration, which means utilizing the >> Django Sites framework and tweaking GeoNode to use it. I've got a >> basic multi-site config running in Production on Apache, and am trying >> to get my development environment matched up, however paster, and >> static and media URL's are giving me some heartburn (I'm using >> family-friendly language here). >> >> The plethora of file location variables is rather daunting: >> STATIC_URL, STATICFILES_DIR, MEDIA_URL, GEONODE_CLIENT_LOC, ADMIN, >> etc. and certainly has caused me lots of confusion. The problem I >> was having is when I changed STATIC_URL, my development server was >> unable to find the static files. With Apache I've got no problem as >> it's easy enough to change to whatever I wish. But with paster I'm >> unable to make any sense out of the shared/dev-paste.ini file. The >> syntax in it doesn't match up with the paster online documentation. >> To be more specific, the app:static config block doesn't set >> document_root like the documentation says must be provided. It >> instead gives >> >> egg=GeoNode >> resource_name=GeoNode/static >> >> There's reference to resource_name in paste.urlparser, but no examples >> of a configuration file using the syntax above. Obviously paster is >> setting the server settings somewhere, but I can't for the life of me >> figure out where. I just want to be able to change some of my >> settings variables for locations of things, but seems like the >> development environment has hardcoded some things somewhere. >> >> Any insight? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Matthew Hanson >> Applied GeoSolutions >> http://www.appliedgeosolutions.com
