Keep Django Secrets Out of settings.py with .env
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Learn how to use a .env file in Django to keep passwords, API keys, SECRET_KEY, and other sensitive settings out of your source code. In this tutorial, we use django-environ to load environment variables into settings.py and prevent private values from being accidentally pushed to GitHub.
In this video
Why you should avoid hardcoding secrets in settings.py
How to install django-environ
How to create and structure a .env file
How to load environment variables in Django
How to handle values like SECRET_KEY and DEBUG
How to protect your .env file with .gitignore
Who is this for?
This video is for Django beginners and developers who already understand the basics of a Django project and want to manage configuration in a cleaner and safer way.
Topics covered
Django, Python, environment variables, .env files, settings.py, django-environ, SECRET_KEY, DEBUG, .gitignore, GitHub.
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