'Pycharm error: Improperly configured
After having an unexpected shutdown on my DEV machine, when going back to Pycharm project, I noticed the Django view file I was editing (which had 700+ lines) when that happened, it was completely empty. I managed to restore it from a backup; no loss there.
The problem comes up when trying to debug, it returns this error: "ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings." Process finished with exit code 137
The Pycharm settings Django Support (project root, settings & manage script) have the expected values as well.
If I run the project with the ./manage .py runserver command, everything is fine. I can even access the DB with manage.py dbshell. I looked at my settings file and everything seems OK. I also updated from version 3.0.1 to 3.1.1, and no difference.
I'm using Django 1.6.1 and postgresql 9.2.7. What can I do?
Solution 1:[1]
For Pycharm, just go to Run -> Edit Configurations, select your project on the right of the window from Debug Configuration, and you will see Environment variables on the right. Make sure you have set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mysite.settings, if not just add one, it is as easy as fill a key value pair from the pop up dialog.
Solution 2:[2]
I'm using PyCharm Professional and the answers provided here didn't work for me.
I went to Build, Execution, Deployment -> Consule -> Django Console and then added DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=my_app_name.settings to Environment Variables.
Sources
This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Overflow and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | TonyTony |
| Solution 2 | Mehdi Zare |