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Running Django on EC2? Use this if you need your instance's IP in `ALLOWED_HOSTS`
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settings.py
try: # pragma: no cover
# From http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
_local_ip = requests.get(
'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4',
timeout=0.1,
).text
ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(_local_ip)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
pass
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