Serve Django admin static assets

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .venv/
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
+apps/backend/staticfiles/
 .pytest_cache/
 .ruff_cache/
 .mypy_cache/

apps/backend/hub_backend/settings.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "hub_platform.http.middleware.LocalCorsMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
@@ -102,6 +103,15 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STORAGES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
+    },
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {

apps/backend/requirements.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ psycopg[binary]>=3.2,<3.3
 redis>=5.2,<5.3
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.34,<0.35
 gunicorn>=23.0,<24.0
+whitenoise>=6.9,<6.10
 pytest>=8.4,<8.5
 pytest-django>=4.11,<4.12
 ruff>=0.12,<0.13

compose.yaml

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: apps/backend/Dockerfile
     env_file: *hub-env
     command: >
-      sh -c "python manage.py migrate &&
+      sh -c "python manage.py collectstatic --noinput &&
+             python manage.py migrate &&
              uvicorn hub_backend.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000"
     ports:
       - "${BACKEND_PORT:-8010}:8000"