Django Google App Engine, how to serve static files using Google Cloud Storage

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I have a Django app running on Google App Engine.

I want that all the requests for static content will be served not by the Django app but a Google Cloud Storage bucket on which I've already uploaded all the content that the app needs.

The storage bucket has public access and I can see the static content with the browser with urls like this:

https://storage.googleapis.com/my-bucket/static/image.jpg

Basically what I need to know is how to configure the app.yaml file so that requests like these:

https://www.mydjangoapp.com/static/image.jpg

will be served by the storage: https://storage.googleapis.com/my-bucket/static/image.jpg

With Ngix/Apache this is a standard thing, but how can I achieve this on GCP? I did not find a working solution on the documentation. Thanks

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you can write a webapp handler, which get data from gcs and then serve it – Praveen Soni
Thanks but this is a thing I want to avoid, the app itself must not spend computing resources in serving static content, it's a best practice – johncarlof
yaa, but as per my understanding without it, you can't reroute, even with dispatch.yaml – Praveen Soni
In this case Google App Engine would have severe limitations serving static content separately is a standard feature, I can not believe GAE lacks of this – johncarlof

1 Answers

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You can set this up directly in your settings.py configuration file by making your STATIC_URL point to your Google Cloud Storage bucket, like so:

STATIC_URL = 'https://storage.googleapis.com/my-bucket/static/'

Your static files urls will then be constructed from this base path and served directly from Google Cloud Storage.