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brad
brad

Reputation: 501

heroku django collectstatic error

i'm trying to run collect my static files on heroku so i ran the command:

heroku run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

my settings file is:

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))   
STATIC_ROOT = 'staticfiles'
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)
# define the directory which all upload files will be saved
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'MyApp/media/')
MEDIA_URL = '/MyApp/media/'

and i got the following error message:

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/MyApp/static'

what does this mean?

why should i have a "static" file in "/app/MyApp"? isn't it supposed to be the

STATIC_ROOT?

full traceback:

Running `python manage.py collectstatic --noinput` attached to terminal... up, r

un.9966

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
      execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/management/_
_init__.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/management/_
_init__.py", line 377, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/management/base.py",
line 288, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File     "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/management/base.py",     line 338, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/management/base.py",     line 533, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 168, in handle_noargs
collected = self.collect()
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 98, in collect
for path, storage in finder.list(self.ignore_patterns):
  File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/contrib/staticfiles/finders.py", line 111, in list
for path in utils.get_files(storage, ignore_patterns):
      File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py", line 27, in get_files
directories, files = storage.listdir(location)
      File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/sitepackages/django/core/files/storage.py",     line 270, in listdir
for entry in os.listdir(path):
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/CTFdj/static'

edited: OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/CTFdj/static' =>>

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/MyApp/static'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1020

Answers (2)

Michael Godshall
Michael Godshall

Reputation: 880

I suspect your getting that error because your BASE_DIR is not setup correctly for your project structure. Try running python manage.py collectstatic --noinput locally to see if you get the same error. You can also print(BASE_DIR) in settings.py to check if it's pointing to the correct location, and that the static folder is actually in that directory. For my projects, I have the settings file several levels deep, but the static directory is at the root of the project, so my settings look like this:

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))) // base_dir/subdir/settings/settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'), // base_dir/static
)

Also, for my Heroku apps, I join BASE_DIR and staticfiles together for STATIC_ROOT like this:

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

On another note, I should warn you that you cannot upload media files directly to your Heroku app like you currently have setup with MEDIA_ROOT. Heroku uses an ephemeral filesystem that discards files you write to it after the dyno is stopped or restarted. You'll need to use a 3rd party service like Amazon S3 to upload user submitted media files. The django-storages app can help with the integration.

Upvotes: 1

Yeo
Yeo

Reputation: 11824

I might not be able to answer why it is looking at /app/CTFdj/static, but one possible reason is because your STATIC_ROOT might have been configured wrongly. It should be the absolute path where the collected static will be copied to. Have a look at how I normally organize my STATIC_ROOT. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 0

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