gunicorn media file serving

.env.template

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
 # random secret key, use for example base64 /dev/urandom | head -c50 to generate one
 SECRET_KEY=
 
+# serve mediafiles directly using gunicorn, technically not a "best practice" but for the expected small deployments
+# of this application absolutely sufficient. If False some kind of webserver (for example nginx) is needed to server mediafiles
+GUNICORN_MEDIA=True
+
 # add only a database password if you want to run with the default postgres, otherwise change settings accordingly
 DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
 POSTGRES_HOST=db_recipes

.idea/dictionaries/vabene1111_PC.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectDictionaryState">
+  <dictionary name="vabene1111-PC">
+    <words>
+      <w>gunicorn</w>
+    </words>
+  </dictionary>
+</component>

recipes/settings.py

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') if os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') else '728f4t5438
 
 DEBUG = bool(int(os.getenv('DEBUG', True)))
 
+GUNICORN_MEDIA = bool(int(os.getenv('GUNICORN_MEDIA', True)))
+
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',') if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS') else ['*']
 
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "index"

recipes/urls.py

@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')),
 ]
 
-if settings.DEBUG:
+if settings.GUNICORN_MEDIA or settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)