How should you configure Nginx to serve static files from /var/www/static/ and proxy all other requests to a Django app on port 8000?

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Django - Deployment and Production

How should you configure Nginx to serve static files from /var/www/static/ and proxy all other requests to a Django app on port 8000?

<pre>location /static/ {
    root /var/www;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
}</pre>

<pre>location /static/ {
    root /var/www/static/;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
}</pre>

<pre>location /static/ {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8000/static/;
}
location / {
    root /var/www/static/;
}</pre>

<pre>location /static/ {
    alias /var/www/static/;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
}</pre>

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Serve static files correctly
Use alias /var/www/static/; inside location /static/ to map URL path to filesystem directory properly.
Step 2: Proxy other requests
Use proxy_pass http://localhost:8000; inside location / to forward all other requests to Django.
Step 3: Avoid root misuse
Using root with /static/ location can cause path duplication issues.

location /static/ { alias /var/www/static/; } location / { proxy_pass http://localhost:8000; }
correctly configures static serving and proxying.

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