Add settings.SERVE_FILES and serve static files only for local development

inventory_project/settings/base.py

@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@ from pathlib import Path as __Path
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-
 # Build paths inside the project:
 BASE_PATH = __Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 
 
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = False
+
+# Serve static/media files by Django?
+# In production Caddy should serve this!
+SERVE_FILES = False
+
+
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 __SECRET_FILE = __Path(BASE_PATH, 'secret.txt').resolve()
 if not __SECRET_FILE.is_file():

inventory_project/settings/local.py

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ from inventory_project.settings.base import *  # noqa
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
+
+# Serve static/media files for local development:
+SERVE_FILES = True
+
+
 # Disable caches:
 CACHES = {'default': {'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache'}}
 

inventory_project/urls.py

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ urlpatterns = [  # Don't use i18n_patterns() here
     path('ckeditor/', include('ckeditor_uploader.urls')),  # TODO: check permissions?
 ]
 
-if settings.DEBUG:
+
+if settings.SERVE_FILES:
     urlpatterns += static.static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
     urlpatterns += static.static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
 
-    import debug_toolbar
 
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    import debug_toolbar
     urlpatterns = [url(r'^__debug__/', include(debug_toolbar.urls))] + urlpatterns