1. Install Django Environ
pip install django-environ
import environ
4. Create your .env file
2. Import environ in settings.py
env = environ.Env()
environ.Env.read_env()
3. Initialise environ
create a file .env in the same directory as settings.py
4. Create your .env file
SECRET_KEY=gF7zFqX6KOolQuI4EWVfghVIgAfMyCOc
DATABASE_NAME=postgresdatabase
DATABASE_USER=admin
DATABASE_PASS=supersecretpassword
DATABASE_PASS=supersecretpassword
5. Replace all references in settings.py
SECRET_KEY = env(‘SECRET_KEY’)
...
DATABASES = {
‘default’: {
‘ENGINE’: ‘django.db.backends.mysql’,‘NAME’: env(‘DATABASE_NAME’),
‘USER’: env(‘DATABASE_USER’),
‘PASSWORD’: env(‘DATABASE_PASS’),
}
}