django nginx static files 404

Question

Here are my settings :

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)

STATIC_ROOT = '/home/django-projects/tshirtnation/staticfiles'

Here's my nginx configuration:

server {
    server_name 77.241.197.95;

    access_log off;

    location /static/ {
        alias /home/django-projects/tshirtnation/staticfiles/;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8001;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        add_header P3P 'CP="ALL DSP COR PSAa PSDa OUR NOR ONL UNI COM NAV"';
    }
}

I've run python manage.py collectstatic and it has copied all static files. I run my server with gunicorn_django --bind:my-ip:8001 and everything seems to be working except for static files.

EDIT: I've run

sudo tail /var/log/nginx/error.log

and there seems to be no errors of static files not found :/

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem and was able to fix my nginx configuration by removing the trailing / from the /static/ location.

location /static {  # "/static" NOT "/static/"
    # ...
}