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Hiding secure django settings info on webfaction

I am trying to hide secure info like database password of a django application on webfaction.
But I could not find how and where to set these infos using environmental variables?

Solution

  • Add them to your bash_profile.

    Once you SSH in run:

    nano ~/.bash_profile

    Then add your desired variables and save it. Example:

    export DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@host:port/databasename

    This will create an environment variable named DATABASE_URL with the contents of your string. To test, run echo $DATABASE_URL in your terminal.