Django-Tutorials django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET

I'm currently learning django, and using your tutorials. I wanted to check out your code. When I try making migrations i get this error django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

Sep 05 '17 02:09 RishuvDutta

Hi @RishuvDutta! You can remove the settings folder from the tutorial folder and change this os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "tutorial.settings.dev") to this os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "tutorial.settings") in the wsgi.py file. It might be possible to change the settings folder archives but that works fine for running locally.

Oct 19 '17 20:10 FelippeJC

same here i am get same error @RishuvDutta @maxg203 @FelippeJC

Jan 20 '18 12:01 dangerrockstar

Hi @dangerrockstar, try copying the secret key from settings.py to settings->base.py

Feb 28 '18 05:02 seelancyril

"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2017.2.5\bin\runnerw.exe" "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\Scripts\python.exe" "G:/Workstation/Web Development/Working/Infyni(Django)/olp-django/manage.py" runserver 127.0.0.1:1000 Traceback (most recent call last): File "G:/Workstation/Web Development/Working/Infyni(Django)/olp-django/manage.py", line 11, in execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 353, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 345, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 195, in fetch_command klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 39, in load_command_class module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name)) File "c:\python27\Lib\importlib_init_.py", line 37, in import_module import(name) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 16, in from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\executor.py", line 7, in from .loader import MigrationLoader File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\loader.py", line 10, in from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 12, in class MigrationRecorder(object): File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 26, in MigrationRecorder class Migration(models.Model): File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 27, in Migration app = models.CharField(max_length=255) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields_init_.py", line 1072, in init super(CharField, self).init(*args, **kwargs) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields_init_.py", line 166, in init self.db_tablespace = db_tablespace or settings.DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init_.py", line 55, in getattr self.setup(name) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init.py", line 43, in setup self.wrapped = Settings(settings_module) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init.py", line 99, in init mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE) File "c:\python27\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 37, in import_module import(name) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\olp-django\MxOnline\settings.py", line 21, in from apps.users.views import CustomBackend File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\olp-django\apps\users\views.py", line 6, in from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\backends.py", line 4, in from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\models.py", line 4, in from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\base_user.py", line 49, in class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model): File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\base_user.py", line 50, in AbstractBaseUser password = models.CharField(_('password'), max_length=128) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields_init_.py", line 1072, in init super(CharField, self).init(*args, **kwargs) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields_init_.py", line 166, in init self.db_tablespace = db_tablespace or settings.DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init_.py", line 55, in getattr self.setup(name) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init.py", line 43, in _setup self.wrapped = Settings(settings_module) File "G:\Workstation\Web Development\Working\Infyni(Django)\venv\lib\site-packages\django\conf_init.py", line 120, in init raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.") django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

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Hi Dear! I have faced this error when I try to run... I hope your good reply. Thank you!

Jun 24 '18 18:06 ironwebstar

Just run the below in the terminal:

export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tutorial.settings.dev
export SECRET_KEY='*'

where you replace the * with the secret in the tutorial/settings.py file.

Nov 25 '18 13:11 franciscojavierarceo

Just run the below in the terminal:
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tutorial.settings.dev
export SECRET_KEY='*'
where you replace the * with the secret in the tutorial/settings.py file.

very useful !!! Thanks man

Sep 23 '19 12:09 ghost

where replace

Apr 07 '20 15:04 thanimki

raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

i have this error

Apr 07 '20 15:04 thanimki

export SECRET_KEY=

Just run the below in the terminal:
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tutorial.settings.dev
export SECRET_KEY='*'
where you replace the * with the secret in the tutorial/settings.py file.

Great! It works. For those who want to use it in Windows, replace 'export' to 'set'.

Apr 08 '20 02:04 PrathameshTugaonkar