updated support for Waitress hosting

Author: DanShinde

IOLGenv2_BackEnd/settings.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
     'jazzmin',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@
 # STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
 
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 # STATIC_ROOT is for `collectstatic` and should be separate from STATICFILES_DIRS
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"  # Change this to a different directory

requirements.txt

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ dj_database_url
 # psycopg2==2.9.10
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 django-jazzmin
-# whitenoise==6.8.2
 django-import-export
 django-debug-toolbar
 apscheduler
 requests
 django-redis
 pandas
-django-widget-tweaks
+django-widget-tweaks
+whitenoise
+waitress