Static files with Python, Apache (Proxy) and SSL

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It's my first question in the community, i apologize in advance if I write something wrong

I developed an application in Python (Django) and in the quality environment I am using gunicorn to provide the deploy: gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 application.wsgi --daemon

On the same server, I use Apache to listen to port 443 (https://) and redirect requests to Gunicorn via Proxy like this:

  <VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com   

    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    &lt;Proxy *&gt;
            Require all granted
            Allow from all
    &lt;/Proxy&gt;

    ProxyPass / http://example.com:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://example.com:8000/

    # SSL
    SSLEngine On

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    #Include conf-available
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem
    Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf


</VirtualHost>

Everything works perfectly, I can access it via https, except for the static files.

I followed the recommendation of the documentation, executed the command collectstatic and the files were generated in the folder I configured (/static) in settings.py

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/')

I took advantage of the fact that I already had Apache installed, I tried to add in the same VirtualHost an alias to the /static directory, like this:

Alias /static "/home/ubuntu/example/static/"
<Directory "/home/ubuntu/example/static">
      Order allow,deny  
      Allow from all
      Require all granted
</Directory>

The complete configuration of VirtualHost looks like this:

 <VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com  

    Alias /static &quot;/home/ubuntu/example/static/&quot;
    &lt;Directory &quot;/home/ubuntu/example/static&quot;&gt;
          Order allow,deny  
          Allow from all
          Require all granted
    &lt;/Directory&gt;

    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    &lt;Proxy *&gt;
            Require all granted
            Allow from all
    &lt;/Proxy&gt;

    ProxyPass / http://example.com:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://example.com:8000/

    # SSL
    SSLEngine On

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    #Include conf-available
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem
    Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf


</VirtualHost>

However when trying to access the files in this directory I always get one:

Not Found - The requested resource was not found on this server.

I analyzed error.log and access.log and didn't even hit the request in the logs.

Adding the same alias to another Virtualhost on Port 80, it works normally. I believe the problem lies in adding this alias to a specific VirtualHost for port 443

Can you help me?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '21 at 22:33

After much difficulty, i identified the error.

I needed to include an exception rule in ProxyPass, everything was fine with the shortcut.

I included this line:

ProxyPass /static!
ProxyPass / http://example.com:8000/

This post helped me:

How to add exceptions to apache reverse proxy rules

Static files with Python, Apache (Proxy) and SSL

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