nginx compatibility added to serve static files on server; whitenoise installed to catch static file serving in local docker container, also added to core.settings middleware; console logs & print statements removed from dashboard.js & functional_tests.container_commands; ansible playbook and nginx config file support nginx w.in deployment workflow

infra/deploy-playbook.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- hosts: staging
+- hosts: all
 
   tasks:
     - name: Debug django_allowed_host
@@ -12,6 +12,34 @@
         update_cache: true
       become: true
 
+    - name: Install nginx
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name: nginx
+        state: latest
+      become: true
+
+    - name: Deploy nginx config
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: nginx.conf.j2
+        dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/gamearray
+      become: true
+      notify: Restart nginx
+
+    - name: Enable nginx site
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        src: /etc/nginx/sites-available/gamearray
+        dest: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gamearray
+        state: link
+      become: true
+      notify: Restart nginx
+
+    - name: Remove default nginx site
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
+        state: absent
+      become: true
+      notify: Restart nginx
+
     - name: Add our user to the docker group, so we don't need sudo/become
       ansible.builtin.user:
         name: '{{ ansible_user }}'
@@ -88,9 +116,29 @@
           EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: "{{ email_host_password }}"
           MAILGUN_API_KEY: "{{  mailgun_api_key }}"
         ports:
-          80:8888 # container port 80 (standard http port) maps to server port 8888 (arbitrary internal port)
+          127.0.0.1:8888:8888
+
+    - name: Create static files directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /var/www/gamearray/static
+        state: directory
+        owner: www-data
+        group: www-data
+      become: true
+
+    - name: Copy static files from container to host
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: docker cp gamearray:/src/static/. /var/www/gamearray/static/
+      become: true
 
     - name: Run migration inside container
       community.docker.docker_container_exec:
         container: gamearray
         command: ./manage.py migrate
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: Restart nginx
+      ansible.builtin.service:
+        name: nginx
+        state: restarted
+      become: true

infra/nginx.conf.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name {{ django_allowed_host }};
+
+    location /static/ {
+        alias /var/www/gamearray/static/;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8888;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+}

requirements.dev.txt

@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ typing_extensions==4.15.0
 tzdata==2025.3
 urllib3==2.6.2
 websocket-client==1.9.0
+whitenoise==6.11.0
 wsproto==1.3.2

requirements.txt

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ django-stubs==5.2.8
 django-stubs-ext==5.2.8
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 requests==2.31.0
+whitenoise==6.11.0

src/apps/dashboard/static/apps/scripts/dashboard.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-console.log("apps/scripts/dashboard.js loading");
+// console.log("apps/scripts/dashboard.js loading");
 const initialize = (inputSelector) => {
-    console.log("initialize called!");
+    // console.log("initialize called!");
     const textInput = document.querySelector(inputSelector);
     textInput.oninput = () => {
-        console.log("oninput triggered");
+        // console.log("oninput triggered");
         textInput.classList.remove("is-invalid");
     };
 };

src/core/settings.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',

src/functional_tests/container_commands.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def _exec_in_container(host, commands):
         return _exec_in_container_on_server(host, commands)
 
 def _exec_in_container_locally(commands):
-    print(f"Running {commands} on inside local docker container")
+    # print(f"Running {commands} on inside local docker container")
     return _run_commands(["docker", "exec", _get_container_id()] + commands)
 
 def _exec_in_container_on_server(host, commands):
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ def _run_commands(commands):
     result = process.stdout.decode()
     if process.returncode != 0:
         raise Exception(result)
-    print(f"Result: {result!r}")
+    # print(f"Result: {result!r}")
     return result.strip()