django : Serving static files through nginx

Question

I'm using apache+mod_wsgi for django.
And all css/js/images are served through nginx.
For some odd reason, when others/friends/colleagues try accessing the site, jquery/css is not getting loaded for them, hence the page looks jumbled up.

My html files use code like this -

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://x.x.x.x:8000/css/custom.css"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://1x.x.x.x:8000/js/custom.js"></script>

My nginx configuration in sites-available is like this -

    server {   
         listen   8000;   
         server_name  localhost;

         access_log  /var/log/nginx/aa8000.access.log;    
         error_log  /var/log/nginx/aa8000.error.log;    

           location / {   
               index  index.html index.htm;    
           }    

         location /static/ {    
            autoindex on;    
            root   /opt/aa/webroot/;    
         }    
     }   

There is a directory /opt/aa/webroot/static/ which have corresponding css & js directories.

The odd thing is that the pages show fine when I access them.
I have cleared my cache/etc, but the page loads fine for me, from various browsers.

Also, I don't see 404 any error in the nginx log files.

Any pointers would be great.

Answer 1

I think using root in location block is incorrect. I use alias and it works fine, even without re-configuring django.

# django settings.py
MEDIA_URL = '/static/'

# nginx server config
server {   
    ...
    location /static {    
        autoindex on;    
        alias /opt/aa/webroot/;    
    }
}

Hope this makes things simpler.