As discussed in the documentation[#foot1 (1)]:
- After syncdb, execute an ALTER TABLE statement to convert tables
{{{
ALTER TABLE <tablename> ENGINE=INNODB;
}}}
- or, change settings to use the init_command option for MySQLdb:
{{{#!python
# settings.py
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
         'OPTIONS': {
             # works because South changes table creation
             'init_command': 'SET storage_engine=INNODB',
         }
    }
}
}}}
- or, use post_syncdb trick listed in wiki:AlterModelOnSyncDB,
- or, create a management.py file along with your app, with:
{{{#!python
# management.py
from django.db import connection
# syncdb does "import_module('.management', app_name)"
# IOW, this gets executed before creating the tables.
connection.cursor().execute('SET storage_engine=InnoDB;')
}}}
- or, if you use South[#foot2 (2)] for migrations, with:
{{{#!python
# settings.py
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'STORAGE_ENGINE': 'INNODB'
    }
}
}}}
- or, if you can, edit my.cnf
{{{
# my.cnf
default-storage-engine=InnoDB
}}}

* [=#foot1 (1)] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#creating-your-tables
* [=#foot2 (2)] http://south.aeracode.org/docs/settings.html#mysql-storage-engine