why collectstatic won't copy my static files?

Question

I have MyApp/static/MyApp directory

When I run ./manage.py collectstatic, I expect the MyApp directory be copied to STATIC_ROOT but it doesn\'t

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Answer 1

if you have setup everything properly for static and you are using nginx then enter this command

sudo nginx -t

You will see error why your static files aren't being served and fix that specific error

In my case I gave wrong path in my nginx config

location /static {
        root /home/ubuntu/myproject/app/static/;
    }