Add: whitenoise to manage staticfiles

logs_collector/logs_collector/settings.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
+    'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'collector.apps.CollectorConfig',  # main app
     'account.apps.AccountConfig',  # account app
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django_otp.middleware.OTPMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'logs_collector.urls'
@@ -127,11 +129,10 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
-
+# Whitenoise:
+# https://whitenoise.readthedocs.io/en/stable/django.html
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = [
-    BASE_DIR / "static",
-]
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'static'
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field