Static Asset Management (#9292)

* Caddyfile: Redirect asset requests

- Ensure the static asset files are served by the proxy
- Reduce gunicorn / python load
- Significant server performance increase

* Allow CORS requests to 'assets' path

* Update static assets path for vite build

* Remove RedirectAssetView

* Specify relative base path

Ref: https://vite.dev/guide/build.html#relative-base

* Revert settings.py

* Revert caddyfile

* Remove defunct unit test

* Add timeout to test

src/backend/InvenTree/web/tests.py

@@ -84,8 +84,3 @@ class TemplateTagTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
             rsp = get_frontend_settings(False)
             self.assertNotIn('show_server_selector', rsp)
             self.assertEqual(rsp['server_list'], ['aa', 'bb'])
-
-    def test_redirects(self):
-        """Test the redirect helper."""
-        response = self.client.get('/assets/testpath')
-        self.assertEqual(response.url, '/static/web/assets/testpath')

src/backend/InvenTree/web/urls.py

@@ -1,31 +1,16 @@
 """URLs for web app."""
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import include, path, re_path
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
-
-class RedirectAssetView(TemplateView):
-    """View to redirect to static asset."""
-
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Redirect to static asset."""
-        return redirect(
-            f'{settings.STATIC_URL}web/assets/{kwargs["path"]}', permanent=True
-        )
-
-
 spa_view = ensure_csrf_cookie(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='web/index.html'))
-assets_path = path('assets/<path:path>', RedirectAssetView.as_view(), name='web-assets')
-
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path(
         f'{settings.FRONTEND_URL_BASE}/',
         include([
-            assets_path,
             path(
                 'set-password?uid=<uid>&token=<token>',
                 spa_view,
@@ -34,6 +19,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
             re_path('.*', spa_view, name='platform-wildcard'),
         ]),
     ),
-    assets_path,
     path(settings.FRONTEND_URL_BASE, spa_view, name='platform'),
 ]