Django 4.1 Static Files Not Serving in Production with WhiteNoise Configuration
I'm having trouble with serving static files in my Django 4.1 application when running in production. I've configured WhiteNoise for serving static files, but I'm still not seeing them appear in my browser despite everything seemingly set up correctly. My static files are collected successfully, and I can see them in the `/static/` directory of my deployment environment. Here’s a snippet of my `settings.py` configuration: ```python STATIC_URL = '/static/' STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles' MIDDLEWARE = [ 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware', # ... other middleware ... ] ``` I have also run `python manage.py collectstatic` and confirmed that the files are present in the `staticfiles` directory. When I access the static files directly through the URL (e.g., `/static/css/styles.css`), I receive a 404 behavior, and the console shows the following message: ``` Not Found: /static/css/styles.css ``` I’ve double-checked that my web server (Gunicorn) is running under the correct user permissions to access these files. Additionally, I made sure that DEBUG is set to `False` in production. I also tried adding the following to my Gunicorn configuration: ```bash --access-logfile - --behavior-logfile - ``` However, I haven't seen any specific behavior related to static files in the logs. Is there something I might be missing in the WhiteNoise setup or a common pitfall when deploying static files with Django in production? Any help would be greatly appreciated!