[Django]-Django local_settings import error

It doesn’t work because your forget the . in front of local_settings.py (relative import). Try from .local_settings.py import *, also check that there is an __init__.py in the current folder.

Concerning settings, I recommend you to store your settings in a settings folder. And create a setting file for each environment. Create a base.py file, which contains base settings and then import it in all other settings files.

Here is the structure :

├── project_name
│   ├── project_name
│   │   ├── settings
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── base.py
│   │   │   ├── dev.py
│   │   │   ├── staging.py
│   │   │   └── prod.py
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── urls.py
│   │   └── wsgi.py
...

And a settings file (E.g :dev.py or local.py) :

try:
    from .base import *
except ImportError:
    print('Unable to import base settings file:')

# ...

Use always relative imports when it’s possible.

Concerning databases, you shouldn’t configure them in base.py. Declare them in each specific settings files.