Django set up environment variables

 

1. Install Django Environ

pip install django-environ

2. Import environ in settings.py

import environ

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

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’),

}

}