Collectstatic error while deploying Django app to Heroku

Question

I'm trying to deploy a Django app to Heroku, it starts to build, download and installs everything, but that's what I get when it comes to collecting static files

$ python manage.py collectstatic --noinput remote:        Traceback (most recent call last): remote:          File "manage.py", line 10, in <module> remote:            execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line remote:            utility.execute() remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 330, in execute remote:            self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 390, in run_from_argv remote:            self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 441, in execute remote:            output = self.handle(*args, **options) remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 168, in handle remote:            collected = self.collect() remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 98, in collect remote:            for path, storage in finder.list(self.ignore_patterns): remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/finders.py", line 112, in list remote:            for path in utils.get_files(storage, ignore_patterns): remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py", line 28, in get_files remote:            directories, files = storage.listdir(location) remote:          File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/files/storage.py", line 300, in listdir remote:            for entry in os.listdir(path): remote:        OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/blogproject/static' remote:  remote:  !     Error while running '$ python manage.py collectstatic --noinput'. remote:        See traceback above for details. remote:  remote:        You may need to update application code to resolve this error. remote:        Or, you can disable collectstatic for this application: remote:  remote:           $ heroku config:set DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1 remote:  remote:        https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/django-assets remote:  remote:  !     Push rejected, failed to compile Python app remote:  remote: Verifying deploy... remote:  remote: !   Push rejected to pin-a-voyage. 

This is the whole settings.py file

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...) import os import dj_database_url  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))    # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret! SECRET_KEY = '*********************'  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production! DEBUG = True   # Application definition  INSTALLED_APPS = (     'django.contrib.admin',     'django.contrib.auth',     'django.contrib.contenttypes',     'django.contrib.sessions',     'django.contrib.messages',     'django.contrib.staticfiles',     'blog',     'custom_user',     'django_markdown',     'parsley', )  #### AUTH ###  AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'custom_user.CustomUser'  AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (     'custom_user.backends.CustomUserAuth',     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',     # 'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend', )  #############  #### EMAIL ###  EMAIL_USE_TLS = True EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend' EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com' EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '***' #my gmail password EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]' #my gmail username DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '[email protected]' SERVER_EMAIL = '[email protected]' EMAIL_PORT = 587 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER  ##############  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', )  ROOT_URLCONF = 'blogproject.urls'  TEMPLATES = [     {         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',         'DIRS': [],         'APP_DIRS': True,         'OPTIONS': {             'context_processors': [                 'django.template.context_processors.debug',                 'django.template.context_processors.request',                 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',                 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',             ],         },     }, ]  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'blogproject.wsgi.application'   # Database # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases  DATABASES = {     'default': {         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',         'NAME': 'blogproject',         'USER': '***',         'PASSWORD': '***',         'HOST': 'localhost',         'PORT': '',     } }   # Internationalization # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/i18n/  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'  USE_I18N = True  USE_L10N = True  USE_TZ = True   # Update database configuration with $DATABASE_URL. db_from_env = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=500) DATABASES['default'].update(db_from_env)  # Honor the 'X-Forwarded-Proto' header for request.is_secure() SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')  # Allow all host headers ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/  STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'staticfiles') STATIC_URL = '/static/'  # Extra places for collectstatic to find static files. STATICFILES_DIRS = (     os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'), )  # Simplified static file serving. # https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/ STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage' 

This is the structure of the project

blog-project -- blog -- migrations                      -- static                      -- templates              -- blogproject              -- blogprojectenv              -- custom_user              -- media              -- .git 

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

I just updated to Django 1.10 today and had the exact same problem. Your static settings are identical to mine as well.

This worked for me, run the following commands:

1. disable the collectstatic during a deploy

   heroku config:set DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1

2. deploy

   git push heroku master

3. run migrations (django 1.10 added at least one)

   heroku run python manage.py migrate

4. run collectstatic using bower

   heroku run 'bower install --config.interactive=false;grunt prep;python manage.py collectstatic --noinput'

5. enable collecstatic for future deploys

   heroku config:unset DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC

6. try it on your own (optional)

   heroku run python manage.py collectstatic

future deploys should work as normal from now on