Django settings to upload only media files to S3

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How do I change configuration to upload only media files to S3 and keep static and assets file on the server ?
So far either server all or S3 all, both works but I need to separate them.
All examples I found are all files on S3.
Not claiming that I have any understanding on how static and file storage mechanism works, so help or guidance greatly appreciated.

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "assets")
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

FILE_UPLOAD_STORAGE = get_secret('FILE_UPLOAD_STORAGE')

if FILE_UPLOAD_STORAGE == "s3":
    # Using django-storages
    # https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html
    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'

    AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID = get_secret("AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
    AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = get_secret("AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = get_secret("AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
    AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = get_secret("AWS_S3_REGION_NAME")
    AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION = get_secret("AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION")
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Take a look at this article for guidance. They also do static files, but if you skip those steps you can just do the media part.

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Thanks for the tip czue, Its was a stupid mistake from my part, Ctrl + R fixed it :smile: , i guess Edge or Chrome cached the .js file and never followed changes Im making.
The above configuration actually working fine.

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

if FILE_UPLOAD_STORAGE == "s3":
    print('Media storage: S3')
    # Using django-storages
    # https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html
    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'

    AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID = get_secret("AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
    AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = get_secret("AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = get_secret("AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
    AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = get_secret("AWS_S3_REGION_NAME")
    AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION = get_secret("AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION")

# MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "assets")
STATICFILES_STORAGE = "django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage" 
# MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
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Django has deprecated the DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE, use: STORAGES = { “default”: { “BACKEND”: “storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage”, }, “staticfiles”: { “BACKEND”: “django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage”, }, }