django-offsite-storage

Cloud static and media file storage suitable for app containers

Installation

Install the package via pip:

pip install django-offsite-storage

Then add 'offsite_storage' to your INSTALLED_APPS just before 'django.contrib.staticfiles'.

django-offsite-storage overrides default collectstatic command to exclude unnecessary files (less, scss) from the process.

Amazon S3

Set following settings in your project's settings:

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• AWS_STATIC_BUCKET_NAME
• STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'offsite_storage.storages.CachedS3FilesStorage'

If you intend to use an external storage for your media files, set the following settings:

• AWS_MEDIA_BUCKET_NAME
• DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'offsite_storage.storages.S3MediaStorage'
• THUMBNAIL_DEFAULT_STORAGE = DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE

In the case when you use a different s3 account for your media files, set the following settings:

• AWS_MEDIA_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• AWS_MEDIA_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

To force boto to use a particular S3 host set AWS_S3_ENDPOINT (default is s3.amazonaws.com).