Django Settings Dev vs. Production Pattern

settings.py

# This file contains PRODUCTION setting values. If you want to run this locally, or on a different environment than production, edit the settings_local.py file, instead.

# Mongo related settings
MONGO_RS = ["mongo1", "mongo2", "mongo3"]
DB_USER = "myuser"
DB_PASSWORD = "mypawd"
DB_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000
REPLICA_SET = "replica"

# General application settings
LOG_FILE = "/var/log/app/app.log"
DEBUG = True




try:
    LOCAL_SETTINGS #@UndefinedVariable
except NameError:
    try:
        from settings_local import *
    except ImportError:
        pass

settings_local.py

# Do not commit this file. It is intentionally left out of source control because it contains overriding settings that are different in each environment (production, lab, development).

LOCAL_SETTINGS = True
from settings import * #@UnusedImport

mongo1 = "54.85.193.35"
mongo2 = "54.86.169.102"
mongo3 = "54.208.117.111"
MONGO_RS = [mongo1, mongo2, mongo3]