Proper Way to Deploy Django/Static Files on Heroku

Question

I am currently working on a Django application, and planning to deploy with Heroku and gunicorn. I've been reading some documentation, and I'm a little confused over proper method to use either nginx or Amazon S3 to support static files and take Django off debug mode.

1. If I use Nginx with gunicorn, are all static files stored on Heroku, and if so, how do I handle user uploaded files given limited storage on Heroku?

2. If I use S3 to host my static files, does the application still necessitate the use of nginx, or would I still need it for security purposes? What would you recommend?

I've been searching for a tutorial involving Heroku and nginx, but haven't been able to find any so far. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you're deploying to Heroku you likely don't need to mess with anything nginx. See this guide on

• Django and Static Assets.
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/

See also

• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/s3