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user3383301
user3383301

Reputation: 1911

ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path

I am new to Django.

When I use the command python manage.py collectstatic, I get this error

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path

But I can successfully run the server .

My static files declarations are:

STATIC_ROOT = ''

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (    
    ('assets', os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, '../static')),
)

and debug is set to true

DEBUG = True

How can I fix this? Else am missing any installation packages ?

Upvotes: 86

Views: 86870

Answers (10)

nbro
nbro

Reputation: 15837

I can't believe that after 10 years nobody has really addressed the original problem.

Your STATIC_ROOT is an empty string. STATIC_ROOT is the folder where collectstatic will place the static files.

Are you expecting Django to create a folder with an empty name? But where?

You got this error because STATIC_ROOT is an empty string. You also get this error if you don't define STATIC_ROOT at all in your settings.

So, just define STATIC_ROOT with a non-empty string. It does not strictly have to be an absolute path, although the documentation states so. I also tried it with a relative path or just a folder name and it still works as expected.

Upvotes: 0

Mohammed Jaseem Tp
Mohammed Jaseem Tp

Reputation: 118

if you want to load static files rather than admin panel files or getting errors while loading webpage static files like CSS js etc

I suggest you change the folder name of 'static' to 'staticfiles'

and then add this code in your settings.py

STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles'), )

then after run python manage.py collectstatic

Then the problem will be fixed

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Upvotes: -1

Mohammed Jaseem Tp
Mohammed Jaseem Tp

Reputation: 118

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static')

This works for me

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Upvotes: -1

ChandimaJay
ChandimaJay

Reputation: 9

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'assest')
STATICFILES_DIR = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]

Upvotes: 0

user7940167
user7940167

Reputation:

you can create 'static' folder in any subfolder and have required files in it. In settings.py add the following lines of code:

PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

After running python manage.py collectstatic a new static folder will be created in your parent App folder

Upvotes: 2

Sabuhi Shukurov
Sabuhi Shukurov

Reputation: 1920

well had this error as well. I fixed:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
if DEBUG:
   STATICFILES_DIRS = [
   os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
   ]
else:
   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static')

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

Upvotes: 1

Raoof Arakkal
Raoof Arakkal

Reputation: 65

STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/YourSiteFolder/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/#deployment

Upvotes: -1

ehacinom
ehacinom

Reputation: 8894

I had to put STATIC_ROOT and STATIC_URL above the STATICFILES_DIRS declaration.

Upvotes: 0

dhana
dhana

Reputation: 6525

Try this,

PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static')

Look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-STATIC_ROOT

Upvotes: 175

Sheesh Mohsin
Sheesh Mohsin

Reputation: 1453

You must have to give path in STATIC_ROOT in settings.py where all your static files are collected as for example:-

STATIC_ROOT = "app-root/repo/wsgi/static"

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    ('assets', 'app-root/repo/wsgi/openshift/static'),

    )

Upvotes: 9

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