Django settings¶

This section describes Lino-specific considerations about certain Django settings.

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS¶

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#authentication-backends

Unlike with plain Django applications, in Lino you do not need to set AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS yourself, Lino will do that for you, based the following criteria:

get_auth_method
social_auth_backends

DATABASES¶

Lino sets this to SQLite on a file default.db in your project_dir.

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#databases

FIXTURE_DIRS¶: See Django docs

LOGGING¶

LOGGING_CONFIG¶

Lino sets LOGGING_CONFIG to lino.utils.log.configure() which is our suggetion for a lightweight flexible logging configuration method. If you leave LOGGING_CONFIG unchanged, you can configure your logging preferences using the LOGGING setting. Some examples:

LOGGING = dict(filename='/var/log/lino/system.log'), level='DEBUG')
LOGGING = dict(filename=join(SITE.project_dir, 'log', 'system.log'), level='DEBUG')
LOGGING = dict(filename=None, level='DEBUG')

You don’t need to use Lino’s logging config. In that case, refer to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#logging-config

USE_L10N¶

Lino sets this automatically when lino.core.site.Site.languages is not None.

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#use-l10n

LANGUAGE_CODE¶

Lino sets this automatically when lino.core.site.Site.languages is not None.

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#language-code

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES¶: Lino still uses MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES instead of MIDDLEWARE. One day we will upgrade all Lino middleware to the new middleware style.

LANGUAGES¶

Lino sets this automatically when your SITE.languages is not None.

Used by lino.modlib.fields.LanguageField.

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#languages

ROOT_URLCONF¶

This is set to the value of your Site‘s root_urlconf attribute (which itself defaults to lino.core.urls).

See URL dispatcher section of the Django documentation.

INSTALLED_APPS¶

The list of plugins that makes up this Lino application. Django calls them “apps” and expects them to be specified in the INSTALLED_APPS setting. See Django docs for more details.

In Lino you usually override the Site.get_installed_plugins() method. See How Lino builds the INSTALLED_APPS setting.

DEBUG¶

See 2010-07-16

SERIALIZATION_MODULES¶

See Django docs.

USE_TZ¶

TIME_ZONE¶: See The dumps demo project