Access Apache SetEnv variable from Django wsgi.py file

Question

I\'m trying to separate out Django\'s secret key and DB pass into environmental variables, as widely suggested, so I can use identical code bases between local/production se

Answer 1

If anyone else is frustrated by Graham's answer, here is a solution that actually works for the original question. I personally find setting environmental variables from Apache to be extremely useful and practical, especially since I configure my own hosting environment and can do whatever I want.

wsgi.py (tested in Django 1.5.4)

from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler

class WSGIEnvironment(WSGIHandler):

    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):

        os.environ['SETTINGS_CONFIG'] = environ['SETTINGS_CONFIG']
        return super(WSGIEnvironment, self).__call__(environ, start_response)

application = WSGIEnvironment()

Of minor note, you lose the future-proof method of django.core.wsgi.get_wsgi_application, which currently only returns WSGIHandler(). If the WSGIHandler.__call__ method is ever updated and you update Django also, you may have to update the WSGIEnvironment class if the arguments change. I consider this a very small penalty to pay for the convenience.