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LarsVegas
LarsVegas

Reputation: 6832

How to avoid local settings? (Best approach to configuration file)

Some of the programs I'm working on are developed in different environments (different OS, different databases). What I learned from "Two Scoops of Django" for example, is to avoid local settings. What I want to do is to set up a settings file that imports the local variables like database credentials and such.

What is the best practice to do so? I had a look at the ConfigParser module which would work for me but maybe there are other solutions out there? I will be glad if someone shares his/her experience!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 104

Answers (1)

Eric Amorde
Eric Amorde

Reputation: 1068

The way that I do it, and the same way that the popular Django CMS Mezzanine does it is like so:

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass

Then in a local_settings.py file in the same directory, put all your database settings/sensitive info/etc.

Upvotes: 1

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