Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SplitSettings

Timestamp:

Sep 19, 2006, 11:29:02 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Nowell Strite

Comment:

Added a settings.py example that allows for configuring environment/machine specific configuration loading.

SplitSettings

@@ -187 +187 @@
 instructions to copy it over to settings_local.py, change it to suite the environment, 
 and to never ever commit it to the RCS system.
+
+== Development/Machine Dependant Settings Configuration ==
+I personally use this solution.
+
+/path/to/project/settings.py
+{{{
+#!python
+# Django project settings loader
+import os
+ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+# You can key the configurations off of anything - I use project path.
+configs = {
+    '/path/to/user1/dev/project': 'user1',
+    '/path/to/user2/dev/project': 'user2',
+    '/path/to/qa/project': 'qa',
+    '/path/to/prod/project': 'prod',
+}
+
+# Import the configuration settings file - REPLACE projectname with your project
+config_module = __import__('config.%s' % configs[ROOT_PATH], globals(), locals(), 'projectname')
+
+# Load the config settings properties into the local scope.
+for setting in dir(config_module):
+    if setting == setting.upper():
+        locals()[setting] = getattr(config_module, setting)
+}}}
+
+This settings loader will import the appropriate settings module. I store my settings files in a '''config''' directory in the root of the project.
+
+/path/to/project/config/prod.py
+{{{
+#!python
+
+DEBUG = False
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+# don't want emails while developing
+ADMINS = ()
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
+DATABASE_NAME = 'mydbname'
+DATABASE_USER = 'mydbuser'
+DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mydbpassword'
+DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost'
+DATABASE_PORT = ''
+
+SECRET_KEY = 'random-string-of-ascii'
+
+# More production settings
+}}}
+
+/path/to/project/config/user1.py
+{{{
+#!python
+# Load the production settings that we will overwrite as needed in our user1 settings file.
+from projectname.config.prod import *
+
+DEBUG = True
+
+DATABASE_NAME = 'devdbname'
+
+# More development/maching specific settings
+}}}