From 784076e6be88393639427c8d6afdb79b0939a9e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bisco <bisco@younerd.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:46:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(docker): serve django static files via nginx

---
 backend/azionelab/settings.py                      | 3 ++-
 infra/docker/compose.yml                           | 5 +++++
 infra/docker/nginx/templates/default.conf.template | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/azionelab/settings.py b/backend/azionelab/settings.py
index dddd29e..a835e8b 100644
--- a/backend/azionelab/settings.py
+++ b/backend/azionelab/settings.py
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", "no-reply@azionelab.lo
 if "test" in sys.argv:
     EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.locmem.EmailBackend"
 
-STATIC_URL = "static/"
+STATIC_URL = "/static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
diff --git a/infra/docker/compose.yml b/infra/docker/compose.yml
index 37b0f52..0d26a35 100644
--- a/infra/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/infra/docker/compose.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PORT: ${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
     expose:
       - "${BACKEND_PORT:-8000}"
+    volumes:
+      - django_static:/app/staticfiles
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
     networks:
       - internal
+    user: "0:0"
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   frontend:
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ services:
       NGINX_ENVSUBST_FILTER: "^(BACKEND_HOST|BACKEND_PORT|FRONTEND_HOST|FRONTEND_PORT)$"
     volumes:
       - ./nginx/templates:/etc/nginx/templates:ro
+      - django_static:/var/www/static:ro
     depends_on:
       - backend
       - frontend
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
+  django_static:
 
 networks:
   internal:
diff --git a/infra/docker/nginx/templates/default.conf.template b/infra/docker/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
index 664e95f..50a3f3d 100644
--- a/infra/docker/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
+++ b/infra/docker/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ server {
     }
 
     location /static/ {
-        proxy_pass http://azionelab_backend;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        alias /var/www/static/;
+        access_log off;
+        expires 1d;
     }
 
     location /media/ {