Google Cloud Storage for Static Files

A snippet showing how to serve static files from GCS in Django.


# Install required packages
pip install django-storages[google] google-cloud-storage
      

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ['storages']

STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage'
GS_BUCKET_NAME = 'your-gcs-bucket'
# To use a service account for authentication, set the environment variable:
# GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = '/path/to/your/service-account.json'
      
Explanation:
  • Static files are uploaded and served from Google Cloud Storage.
  • GoogleCloudStorage is used to store static files in Google Cloud Storage.
  • GS_BUCKET_NAME is used to specify the Google Cloud Storage bucket name.
  • Category Static & Media Files
  • Total Views 531
  • Last Modified 03 May, 2026
  • Tags #static #gcs #storage #deployment
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