Gondor settings with os.environ and local_settings = off

base.py

# based on a modified Django 1.4 project settings (you will most likely need
# to heavily customize this for your project).
# Assumed to be in <repo root>/myproject/conf/base.py

import os


PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir))
PACKAGE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))

TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"

USE_I18N = False
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, "static"),
]

STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
    "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder",
    "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder",
]

SECRET_KEY = "..."

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = [
    "django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader",
    "django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader",
]

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
]

ROOT_URLCONF = "myproject.urls"

WSGI_APPLICATION = "myproject.wsgi.application"

TEMPLATE_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, "templates"),
]

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "django.contrib.auth",
    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
    "django.contrib.sessions",
    "django.contrib.sites",
    "django.contrib.messages",
    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
]

gondor.py

# Assumed to be in <repo root>/myproject/conf/gondor.py
# Gondor settings_module = myproject.conf.gondor

from .base import *

import os
import urlparse


DEBUG = False
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

if "GONDOR_DATABASE_URL" in os.environ:
    urlparse.uses_netloc.append("postgres")
    url = urlparse.urlparse(os.environ["GONDOR_DATABASE_URL"])
    DATABASES = {
        "default": {
            "ENGINE": {
                "postgres": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2"
            }[url.scheme],
            "NAME": url.path[1:],
            "USER": url.username,
            "PASSWORD": url.password,
            "HOST": url.hostname,
            "PORT": url.port
        }
    }

if "GONDOR_REDIS_URL" in os.environ:
    urlparse.uses_netloc.append("redis")
    url = urlparse.urlparse(os.environ["GONDOR_REDIS_URL"])
    GONDOR_REDIS_HOST = url.hostname
    GONDOR_REDIS_PORT = url.port
    GONDOR_REDIS_PASSWORD = url.password

SITE_ID = 1 # set this to match your Sites setup

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.environ["GONDOR_DATA_DIR"], "site_media", "media")
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.environ["GONDOR_DATA_DIR"], "site_media", "static")

MEDIA_URL = "/site_media/media/" # make sure this maps inside of site_media_url
STATIC_URL = "/site_media/static/" # make sure this maps inside of site_media_url

FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS = 0640

LOGGING = {
    "version": 1,
    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
    "formatters": {
        "simple": {
            "format": "%(levelname)s %(message)s"
        },
    },
    "handlers": {
        "console":{
            "level": "DEBUG",
            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
            "formatter": "simple"
        }
    },
    "root": {
        "handlers": ["console"],
        "level": "INFO",
    },
    "loggers": {
        # ...
    }
}