prod-settings.md

Create a Production local_settings file

We will now create a settings file for your project, on the server.

Let's try this time to do it manually, with an editor.

The settings file should look something like this:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["myproject.mydomain.com"]

SECRET_KEY = ''

# Send error reports to:
ADMINS = (
    ('Your Name', 'your.name@gmail.com'),
    ('John Doe', 'john.doe@gmail.com'),
)

# send some other reports to...
MANAGERS = ADMINS

Edit this file locally in an open editor. Add a secret key to the text above. If your project has django-extensions, to generate a secret key, run locally :

python manage.py generate_secret_key

Or use an online tool.

Connect to your server and use either nano or vim to edit MyProject/myproject/local_settings.py:

ssh sysop@myproject.mydomain.com
nano MyProject/myproject/local_settings.py

Paste the file content there, save and exit (Ctrl+X with nano).

Use Ctrl+D to logout from ssh.

To check if your project is set up correctly use check:

@task
def m(cmd, pty=False):
    with virtualenv():
        run(f"./manage.py {cmd}", pty=pty)

@task
def check():
    m('check')

@task
def send_test_mail():
    m('sendtestemail --admin')

run:

fab check
fab send_test_mail

(Note: The mail will most probably get into your spam folder. We will later configure your server to be whitelisted by popular mail servers.)