Configure django-environ (do this after implementing local_settings from Heroku tutorial)

[webknjaz]

The math

Read about the usage of environment variables in PaaS and heroku/travis for deployment.

Ref: https://12factor.net/

The task

• Implement single settings.py using django-environ
  • Remove everything related to local_settings.py
• Make every option differing at development and production be read from environment variables
  • DEBUG
  • SECRET
  • db config
  • use env.Path for constructing fs pathes
  • etc.
• Enable reading env vars from dotenv (.env) file
  • .gitignore it
  • add .env.example file listing required env vars with dummy values for the other dev as a quickstart

[slsh1o]

@webknjaz I don't understend why do I need local_settings.py file if I can put everything in .env file? Or I missing out something?

Or by Remove everything related to local_settings.py you mean that I should also remove local_settings.py file and switch to django-environ with .env file?

[webknjaz]

Yes, you should remove local_settings.py when migrating to .env. But the previous step is completing the Heroku task that adds it. This gives you a chance to compare the approaches.

[webknjaz]

I should've probably added an issue with https://tutorial-extensions.djangogirls.org/en/heroku/ first.