Web-server configuration examples
nGINX
Django settings:
PRIVATE_MEDIA_ROOT = "/path/to/files/on/disk/private_media/"
PRIVATE_MEDIA_URL = "/private-media/"
SENDFILE_BACKEND = "django_sendfile.backends.nginx"
SENDFILE_ROOT = PRIVATE_MEDIA_ROOT
SENDFILE_URL = PRIVATE_MEDIA_URL
Nginx configuration:
server {
listen app.example.com 443 http2 ssl;
location / {
# usual proxy directives
}
location /private-media/ {
internal; # crucial to prevent direct access!
alias /path/to/files/on/disk/private_media/;
}
}