Velotio - HashiCorp Consul Part 2 - Using python-consul to consume Consul's KV store to configure Django Web Application

django-settings.py

# Set DEBUG flag using Consul KV store
index, data = consul_client.kv.get('web/debug')
DEBUG = data.get('Value', True)

# Set ALLOWED_HOSTS dynamically using Consul KV store
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

index, hosts = consul_client.kv.get('web/allowed_hosts')
ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(hosts.get('Value'))

# Set INSTALLED_APPS dynamically using Consul KV store
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

index, apps = consul_client.kv.get('web/installed_apps')
INSTALLED_APPS += (bytes(apps.get('Value')).decode('utf-8'),)