Manage secret key in django settings

Question

Following this post and this answer I have set up a separate file for storing SECRETY_KEY and importing it into the main settings.py file. However, I am getting the following error:

ImportError: No module named 'settings_secret'

settings_secret.py

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '..key'

settings.py

from settings_secret import *

and .gitignore

# Secret Settings
settings_secret.py

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '16 at 16:15

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Just try, from .settings_secret import * . [dot] ensures that you are importing from the current module.

answered Aug 17 '16 at 16:15

Aswin Kumar K P

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Same error, this time saying ImportError: No module named 'gvlabs.settings_secret' – Jebediah15 Aug 17 '16 at 16:20
`os.environ.get("DJANGO_SECRET" )` – Joran Beasley Aug 17 '16 at 16:30
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I too think that getting secret key from the environment variable was the best practice. – Aswin Kumar K P Aug 17 '16 at 16:32
@JoranBeasley thank you. To clarify, I define `DJANGO_SECRET` in `settings_secret.py` and then in `settings.py` include the following: `SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("DJANGO_SECRET")` ? – Jebediah15 Aug 17 '16 at 16:58
No you should set it as operating system's environment variable. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14786072/keep-secret-keys-out-with-environment-variables . The link explains in detail. – Aswin Kumar K P Aug 17 '16 at 17:02

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