Cannot upload media files in Django production to external folder

Question

I have an issue on my Django production server. When I try to upload images, they always go to the app/media/ folder. However I want them to be uploaded to /mnt/data. In the admin panel, when I upload the image, it is always uploading in the app/media/ folder. I tried adjusting the Nginx config file and the settings.py, but I guess I am lost.

Here is my Nginx configuration:

     location /static/ {
            root /home/somthing/something/;
        }
        location /media/ {
        root /mnt/data/;
        }

and the Settings.py:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

    # Media files

    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

    MEDIA_ROOT = (
        os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
    )

and in my model this is how I create the image:

    pictures = models.ImageField(
            upload_to='postings/',
            verbose_name=_('Posting_picture'),
            blank=True, null=True,
            validators=[validate_image],
        )

I guess following this configuration, the uploaded picture is supposed to be in mnt/data/media/postings.

The media folder on the mnt/data/ is chmod 777, I did it when I lost hope in writing/reading the folder.

Debendra · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-29T15:58:10.610

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Currently you are uploading to:

MEDIA_ROOT = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
)

Basically means:

/path/to/project/media

In your case it should be:

MEDIA_ROOT = '/mnt/data'

edited May 29 '19 at 15:58

answered May 28 '19 at 20:10

Debendra

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Thank you, do you have any idea about the permissions of the folder? I want to stay away from the 777 permission. – RC- May 28 '19 at 20:18
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760 would work for nginx. Nginx only needs read access. So 760 is enough – Debendra May 28 '19 at 20:20
sorry again, but now I have another issue coming: the files are uploaded to mnt/data/postings but they are read from mnt/data/media/postings. – RC- May 28 '19 at 23:48
Sorry i couldn't get you. – Debendra May 29 '19 at 02:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '19 at 02:36

I finally figured it out, Debendera was right for the path, but the Nginx configuration was wrong. I changed it to :

location /media/ {
    alias /mnt/data/;
    }

and then it worked. If I am not mistaken, it was better to use alias instead of root. This is my reference: Nginx -- static file serving confusion with root & alias

Cannot upload media files in Django production to external folder

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