Do I use FTP to publish to my Django / Gunicorn / Enginx server - if not how do I publish?

Hello,

1. Instead of using FTP, it’s recommended to use SSH/SCP/SFTP for secure and efficient file transfer. You can use tools like FileZilla (with SFTP) or rsync for this purpose. Here’s a guide on using FileZilla and SCP to transfer files to your Droplet.

2. Storing the Django virtual environment in the user’s home directory is acceptable, but you can also put it in a project-specific directory if you prefer. Just ensure it’s in a secure and accessible location. You can learn about serving Django applications in this tutorial.

3. Yes, you need to publish the static files to the /static folder for proper handling by Nginx. To manage this, use Django’s collectstatic command. This command will gather all the static files and put them in the designated folder:

python manage.py collectstatic

For further information, refer to the Django documentation about managing static files.

Hope that this helps!