changed template to reference local files

dashboard/templates/base.html

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
     <!-- Bootstrap core CSS -->
     {% block style %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.11.1/font/bootstrap-icons.css">
+    <script src="{% static 'fontawesomefree/js/all.min.js' %}"></script>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href= "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.2/css/all.min.css">
     <link href="{% static "/css/bootstrap.min.css" %}" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="{% static "/css/bootstrap-icons.min.css" %}" rel="stylesheet">
 
     <style>
       .bd-placeholder-img {

dhub/settings.py

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     'django_extensions',
     'django_bootstrap5',
+    'fontawesomefree',
     'django_tables2',
     "rest_framework",
     "login",

requirements.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ django-bootstrap5==24.2
 django-extensions==3.2.3
 djangorestframework==3.15.1
 django-tables2==2.6.0
+fontawesomefree==6.4.2
 python-decouple==3.3
 py-dmidecode==0.1.3
 pandas==2.2.2