Confusion regarding Django and SECRET_KEY

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Recently finished my app and I am ready to deploy it but I don't understand how to set the application's SECRET_KEY. I'm trying to change my database from sqlite to postgresql, but I get the following error:

raise KeyError(key) from None KeyError: 'SECRET_KEY'

development.py

from nurs_course.settings.common import *

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['0.0.0.0', 'localhost']

SECRET_KEY = '9t*re^fdqd%-o_&zsu25(!@kcbk*k=6vebh(d*9r)+j8w%7ci1'

DEBUG = True

production.py

from nurs_course.settings.common import *

DEBUG = False

SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']

# SECURITY WARNING: update this when you have the production host
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['0.0.0.0', 'localhost']

common.py has all the other settings required. I use Windows OS w/ Powershell. I've been stuck on this for a bit and I am just unsure how to set the SECRET_KEY properly. Any help would be appreciated!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '20 at 04:18

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As given here.

If you're using a virtual environment, you might want to activate it and run this code:

export SECRET_KEY='9t*re^fdqd%-o_&zsu25(!@kcbk*k=6vebh(d*9r)+j8w%7ci1'

After that run python manage.py shell --settings=entri.settings.prod

answered Aug 31 '20 at 04:18

Soumya Mukhija

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Where do I run this? Powershell does not recognize export as a cmd. – skoleosho97 Aug 31 '20 at 04:59
Figured out I needed to do `set` instead of export but I get the same exact error. Help? – skoleosho97 Aug 31 '20 at 05:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '20 at 04:20

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You have to export SECRET_KEY in the following way,

export SECRET_KEY="somesecretvalue"

If you are using Python 2.x, try:

os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')

answered Aug 31 '20 at 04:20

код е

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Do I run that in the Powershell terminal? It says export is not a recognized cmdlet – skoleosho97 Aug 31 '20 at 04:59
@waifuxszn, you can export the SECRET_KEY in the following way: os.environ["MY_DATA"] = "my_export" – код е Aug 31 '20 at 05:31
how would I do that all in a Powershell terminal though? – skoleosho97 Aug 31 '20 at 05:42

Confusion regarding Django and SECRET_KEY

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