[Fixed]-Django ImproperlyConfigured exception when running commands from django-admin, but not manage.py

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You got the error, because when running django-admin it doesn’t know what settings module to use. You may specify it via evironment variable as suggested in the error message, or just use manage.py in your project.

django-admin is Django’s command-line utility for administrative
tasks.

In addition, manage.py is automatically created in each Django
project. manage.py does the same thing as django-admin but takes care
of a few things for you:

  • It puts your project’s package on sys.path.
  • It sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable so that it points to your project’s settings.py file.

See more here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/django-admin/

👤Nikita

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