I am writing a custom storage module to use a remote seafile-server as storage for a django (django-cms) installation.

File seafile.py is located in the project-folder:

The storage class has been tested with jupyter notebook and is working.

The problem: I am failing to connect my storage to django (local, development-server), it is still saving pictures local in the media-folder and not using my storage at all.

In settings.py

from .seafile import MyStorage

...

Things I have tried:

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "MyStorage"
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "seafile.MyStorage"
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = MyStorage
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = MyStorage()

For sure I have seen and tried the suggested solution (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/custom-file-storage/#use-your-custom-storage-engine) but failed too.

What am I missing? Thank you in advance!