Enable static file caching with WhiteNoise and nginx. Switch to Gunicorn for deployment

wireguard_webadmin/settings.py

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
+
+STORAGES = {
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
+
+WHITENOISE_MAX_AGE = 3600
+
 CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap4"
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap4"
 

wireguard_webadmin/urls.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
 
 from accounts.views import view_create_first_user, view_login, view_logout
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ from wireguard_peer.views import view_manage_ip_address, view_wireguard_peer_lis
 from wireguard_tools.views import download_config_or_qrcode, export_wireguard_configs, restart_wireguard_interfaces
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    # path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('', view_apply_db_patches, name='apply_db_patches'),
     path('status/', view_wireguard_status, name='wireguard_status'),
     path('dns/', view_static_host_list, name='static_host_list'),