Help with django setup
hi
project ID: 510ee6ef-4e3d-4fe3-ae13-2f21650a1e6f
first time setting up a django project on railway (which looks awesome btw).
I've got a project that contains a django backend and a react frontend in this format:
root_dir:
/frontend/<frontend_project_name>/
... has build, source, public, etc
/<backend_project_name>/
... is my django app, has bin, include, lib, python files
manage.py
README.md
...
when deploying I get this error:
?: (staticfiles.W004) The directory '/app/frontend/<frontend_project_name>/build/static' in the STATICFILES_DIRS setting does not exist.
I've tried a number of things to resolve, but it looks like the frontend directory isn't being pulled from git, even though it's in the repo.
Any ideas?
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Project ID:
510ee6ef-4e3d-4fe3-ae13-2f21650a1e6fto be clear, my python code is there, builds fine, the django app runs, but can't find the static files
are you trying to have your django app serve the frontend?
yes
that's really not ideal, instead let's have them as separate services, a service for the frontend and a service for the backend
please separate this repo out into two folders -
just to check, what is not ideal - django serving the frontend?
correct
so is the right way to do it just have two seperate services/directories?
correct
and we will work through that step by step
cool man thank you - get to this later today
thanks for your help
no problem!
which template is best for a standard react app?
?
mine, but you'd only need the nixpacks.toml and Caddyfile from it
you don't need to start a new project, you just need to restructure your project like this