The development server provided by the Django ecosystem may be fine for a testing environment or small contained setups. However special consideration must be given when deploying InvenTree in a real-world environment.
Django apps provide multiple deployment methods - see the `Django documentation <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/>`_.
There are also numerous online tutorials describing how to deploy a Django application either locally or on an online platform.
Following is a simple tutorial on serving InvenTree using `Gunicorn <https://gunicorn.org/>`_. Gunicorn is a Python WSGI server which provides a multi-worker server which is much better suited to handling multiple simultaneous requests.
Directories for storing *media* files and *static* files should be specified in the ``config.yaml`` configuration file. These directories are the ``MEDIA_ROOT`` and ``STATIC_ROOT`` paths required by the Django app.
Collect Static Files
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The required static files must be collected into the specified ``STATIC_ROOT`` directory. Run ``python3 manage.py collectstatic``
Configure Gunicorn
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The Gunicorn server can be configured with a simple configuration file (e.g. python script). An example configuration file is provided in ``InvenTree/gunicorn.conf.py``
