Replace local_settings.py with .env
#767
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This depends on #766.
Proposed changes
Using environment variables is a more standard way of configuring settings.
Also removed the
NOTE: This must be changed in production!comments insettings.py, asenv.pynow enforces that those settings have been set.Review guidance
Create an empty
.envfile directly inside the repository folder, fill it by copying the contents of.env.example, and try running the project.Deployment notes
Must create a
.envfile on the prod server with the corresponding values in the existinglocal_settings.py(andlocal_settings_post.py) file.Checklist
(If any of the points are not relevant, mark them as checked, so that it's easy to see which points you've handled or not)
makemigrations,makemessagesandcompilemessages