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Django error when installing Graphite - settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value

Asked 2012-03-24T09:29:33.613
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I am trying to install GRAPHITE on ubuntu. I follow the instructions in the blog.

http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2011/09/how-to-install-graphite-on-ubuntu/

When I get to the part where I run the command..I get the below error. I have zero clue on how to resolve. I am using the lastest version of Django 1.4.

cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/
sudo python manage.py syncdb


sudo python manage.py syncdb
/opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/thirdparty/pytz/__init__.py:32: UserWarning: Module pytz was already imported from /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/thirdparty/pytz/__init__.pyc, but /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pytz-2012b-py2.7.egg is being added to sys.path
  from pkg_resources import resource_stream
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 459, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs
    cursor = connection.cursor()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py", line 15, in complain
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. "
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.
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For users landing here with the error message "The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty", make sure to set the secret key in /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/app_settings.py as well as in your django config.

answered 2013-06-18T17:44:41.597

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