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Reputation:

Python | Docker | Django | django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured Error

I'm trying to run a python file that is inside a container however I'm getting the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/e2esetup.py", line 2, in <module>
    django.setup()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 17, in setup
    configure_logging(settings.LOGGING_CONFIG, settings.LOGGING)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 55, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 41, in _setup
    % (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting LOGGING_CONFIG, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.

Code being run in docker:

docker exec -it $DOCKER_ID python /tmp/e2esetup.py

My code:

import django
django.setup()
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from apps.account.models import Profile
from apps.organisation.models import Organisation
.... 
#rest is fine for sure

I'm new to django and docker, from what I can tell I need to set the environment however I don't know how, running through manage.py does this for you or something, so if I were to run a python file through the interpreter, I have to do this manually, however I dont know how.

I also read that I need to pipe the docker environment somehow, but I'm not sure what that means either, any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1332

Answers (1)

Alasdair
Alasdair

Reputation: 308899

As the error suggests you need to set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable. It's value should be something like mysite.settings (check what it is in manage.py).

You can set it in the Dockerfile

ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings

Or in the environment when you 

docker exec -it -e "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mysite.settings" $DOCKER_ID python /tmp/e2esetup.py

Or in the script itself.

import os

import django

os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'mysite.settings') 

django.setup()

Upvotes: 1

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