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"