Django Error - settings.DATABASES is improperly configured

Question

I have a problem with Django 1.6.2. Whenever I run stack.sh (devstack), I get the below error.

2014-04-22 17:24:36 + cd /opt/stack/horizon
2014-04-22 17:24:36 + python manage.py syncdb --noinput
2014-04-22 17:24:36 Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "manage.py", line 23, in <module>
2014-04-22 17:24:36     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
2014-04-22 17:24:36     utility.execute()
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
2014-04-22 17:24:36     self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 242, in run_from_argv
2014-04-22 17:24:36     self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 285, in execute
2014-04-22 17:24:36     output = self.handle(*args, **options)
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 415, in handle
2014-04-22 17:24:36     return self.handle_noargs(**options)
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs
2014-04-22 17:24:36     cursor = connection.cursor()
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 157, in cursor
2014-04-22 17:24:36     cursor = self.make_debug_cursor(self._cursor())
2014-04-22 17:24:36   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py", line 15, in complain
2014-04-22 17:24:36     raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. "
2014-04-22 17:24:36 django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.

$ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=openstack_dashboard.settings ./manage.py runserver Validating models... 0 errors found April 22, 2014 - 21:37:57 Django version 1.6.2, using settings 'openstack_dashboard.settings' Starting development server at 127.0.0.1:8000 Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me with that, considering that I am new to devstack.

Many thanks

Can you add your DATABASES setting in settings.py? You haven't specified your engine correctly. — Alex
Can you show how you configured settings.DATABASES? You probably forgot or misspelled the name of the DB engine (i.e mysql or sqlite etc) — yuvi
I am using sqlite3DATABASES = {'default': {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3'}} — user3562255
$ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=openstack_dashboard.settings ./manage.py runserver Validating models... 0 errors found April 22, 2014 - 21:37:57 Django version 1.6.2, using settings 'openstack_dashboard.settings' Starting development server at 127.0.0.1:8000 Quit the server with CONTROL-C. — user3562255
Please include these comments as part of your original post (edit them in), it's unreadable like this. Also, please show us as much relevant information as possible, it might be a very small mistake, but even if it isn't - if we can't reproduce it it would be hard to trace — yuvi

erkanay erkanay · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-28T22:06:21

Django version 1.6.2 it cause the problem some classes in old version of django depricated so you should upgrade the new version just enter that : pip install django --upgrade then it works fine

Django Error - settings.DATABASES is improperly configured

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