"SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty"

[jacksorjacksor]

Hey there!

I just tried downloading and running this but was met with the below exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 28, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 330, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 190, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 40, in load_command_class
module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/importlib/init.py", line 37, in import_module
import(name)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 14, in
from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 6, in
from .loader import MigrationLoader
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 10, in
from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 9, in
class MigrationRecorder(object):
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 23, in MigrationRecorder
class Migration(models.Model):
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 24, in Migration
app = models.CharField(max_length=255)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/init.py", line 1081, in init
super(CharField, self).init(_args, *_kwargs)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/init.py", line 161, in init
self.db_tablespace = db_tablespace or settings.DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/init.py", line 48, in getattr
self._setup(name)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/init.py", line 44, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/Users/majora/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/init.py", line 113, in init
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

Any thoughts of where this might be coming from? I'm very new to Mezzanine so would appreciate any help.

Cheers!

Rich

[rikdeakin]

Hi,

I'm also new to Django/Mezzanine and have also got the same error.

This is what I did:

• Started a new env.
• Copied your project files in to the env's project folder.
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• Edited settings.py
• Tried to run python manage.py syncdb --migrate which gave the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 28, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 272, in fetch_command
    klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 75, in load_command_class
    module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 9, in <module>
    from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal, emit_pre_sync_signal
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 9, in <module>
    from django.db import models
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from django.db.models.query import Q
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 17, in <module>
    from django.db.models.deletion import Collector
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/deletion.py", line 4, in <module>
    from django.db.models import signals, sql
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from django.db.models.sql.subqueries import *
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/subqueries.py", line 12, in <module>
    from django.db.models.sql.query import Query
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 22, in <module>
    from django.db.models.sql import aggregates as base_aggregates_module
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/aggregates.py", line 9, in <module>
    ordinal_aggregate_field = IntegerField()
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 116, in __init__
    self.db_tablespace = db_tablespace or settings.DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 49, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "/home/rik/.virtualenvs/wg/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 151, in __init__
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

I would be super grateful if someone could let me know if I'm missing something here. Is this the proper way to install/run someone else's project?

All the best,
~ Rik

[kfn8dkodemonkey]

Soooo what so we do here? I would like to look at the templates however need to set KEY!!

[arjunmahishi]

I got the same problem..

[tiwiex]

Same problem here. I see this is ongoing. Helllllpppp somebody.

[tiwiex]

I just solved it.

1. create your environment/ source myenv/bin/activate
2. install from the requirement.txt with "pip2.7 install -r requirements.txt" from requirements directory (i think python 3.5 is too high)
3. Generate a key online for django from http://www.miniwebtool.com/django-secret-key-generator/ then input in the settings.py as ( SECRET_KEY = "yj6o@&vrar6^l1u68!bxumj@xr4&5)zzk!h1qw&63^&@2d3w@#")
4. edit the DATABASE SECTION in settings.
   ENGINE: django.db.backends.sqlite3 (append sqlite3)
   NAME: "dev.db" (or any name you like)
5. Enable DEBUG = True (in settings.py) to see detailed debugs
6. run python2.7 manage.py createdb --noinput
7. run python2.7 manage.py changepassword admin
8. Enter new password
9. run python2.7 manage.py runserver
   you can shoot me a mail if you get stuck. Seems to require some experience setting up django.

[benlaoyao]

Hi!
Got through this stage, got an additional compatibility issue (solved), but I can't understand what is going wrong on the creation of the database. Apparently an issue with the template loader. Any help much appreciated.
`Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 1333, in import_library
mod = import_module(taglib_module)
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\importlib_init_.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 978, in _gcd_import
File "", line 961, in _find_and_load
File "", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 655, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 678, in exec_module
File "", line 205, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\site-packages\mezzanine\template\loader_tags.py", line 8, in
from django.template.loader import find_template_loader
ImportError: cannot import name 'find_template_loader'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\mezzthemes\manage.py", line 10, in
from settings import PROJECT_ROOT, PROJECT_DIRNAME
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\mezzthemes\settings.py", line 371, in
set_dynamic_settings(globals())
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\site-packages\mezzanine\utils\conf.py", line 49, in set_dynamic_settings
add_to_builtins("mezzanine.template.loader_tags")
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 1407, in add_to_builtins
builtins.append(import_library(module))
File "D:\Gdrive\website\Mezza\web00\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 1343, in import_library
(taglib_module, e))
django.template.base.InvalidTemplateLibrary: ImportError raised loading mezzanine.template.loader_tags: cannot import name 'find_template_loader'

[tienhm0202]

Add SECRET_KEY = "yj6o@&vrar6^l1u68!bxumj@xr4&5)zzk!h1qw&63^&@2d3w@#" in settings.py work for me

[novarac23]

On an additional note, for security purposes please don't use same secret keys as the ones you posted online! :)

[m2cci-KGY]

Hi guys
I need your help to fix my problem.
first all, I don't Idea to edith the file of "settings.py" to put my SECRET_KEY.
Graphite don't run.
When I saw in my error log file I get this.

[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.611665 2018] [:error] [pid 25414] ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640350 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] mod_wsgi (pid=25415): Target WSGI script '/opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi' cannot be loaded as Python module.
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640462 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] mod_wsgi (pid=25415): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi'.
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640512 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] Traceback (most recent call last):
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640550 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi", line 7, in
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640681 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640705 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.11.13-py2.7.egg/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py", line 151, in init
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640867 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] self.load_middleware()
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.640889 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.11.13-py2.7.egg/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 48, in load_middleware
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641065 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] if settings.MIDDLEWARE is None:
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641094 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.11.13-py2.7.egg/django/conf/init.py", line 56, in getattr
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641242 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] self._setup(name)
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641290 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.11.13-py2.7.egg/django/conf/init.py", line 41, in _setup
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641340 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
[Mon Jun 25 10:55:11.641360 2018] [:error] [pid 25415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.11.13-py2.7.egg/django/conf/init.py", line 129, in init

Thank you for your help

[corpsemxq]

in my case, I removed some unused import which helps me (Somehow I imported my db_route.py and there is some circle referencing in it.