Configure WhiteNoise for static files serving

requirements.txt

@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ ultralytics==8.3.246
 ultralytics-thop==2.0.18
 urllib3==2.6.2
 gunicorn==23.0.0
+whitenoise==6.9.0

satcap_project/settings.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
 
+STORAGES = {
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
+
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
 CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True # For development