There is such a link since 2013: https://github.com/django/django/commit/912b5d2a6bc78067d6a7e130f10514c51bd1a58f
On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 at 23:31, Olivier Dalang <olivier.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just a reminder about this page in the docs: > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/ > It basically already covers it all. Maybe a direct link to that page from > the settings file would be good enough? > > Cheers, > > Olivier > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 04:45 Josh Smeaton <josh.smea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A quick idea from the top of my head, is to change the assignment of >> SECRET_KEY in the generated settings to something like: >> >> SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY", >> "insecure-<generatedvalue>") >> >> It signals that secrets in the environment are a good idea, that the >> default generated value is insecure, and it still has a random part so that >> default sites aren't automatically hackable when deployed. There's no >> impact to people just getting started. >> >> We could go a small step forward and use `check --deploy` to check for >> the substring `insecure` (even though I believe the KEY is technically >> bytes?). >> >> Just throwing something out there. >> >> >> On Monday, 21 October 2019 23:48:59 UTC+11, Taymon A. Beal wrote: >>> >>> Is the requirement here to avoid introduce additional barriers to >>> getting up and running in local development, or to deploying a site so that >>> it's accessible from the public internet? >>> >>> Both of these are important goals, but trading off security against the >>> latter worries me. I don't think we're doing beginners any favors if we >>> make it easier for them to deploy sites with security issues, especially >>> since they won't be in a good position to appreciate the consequences. >>> Ideally we'd make it easy for beginners to deploy sites without security >>> issues, but that's a hard problem given the diversity of production >>> environments; in the meantime, I think we need to accept the reality that >>> figuring out how to store secrets *is* a prerequisite to deploying Django >>> in production, notwithstanding how much we wish it weren't. >>> >>> I'd be interested in trying to contribute a solution more secure than >>> the status quo without introducing more barriers to local development, if >>> it would have a chance of being accepted. >>> >>> Taymon >>> >>> On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 8:00:59 AM UTC-7, Carlton Gibson wrote: >>>> >>>> It's just scope: >>>> >>>> * Not clear we need to _replace_ the space for books, and blog >>>> posts, and so on, in the main docs. >>>> >>>> and bandwidth: >>>> >>>> * These things are difficult to get right, and it needs someone to >>>> do them. (PRs always warmly received!) >>>> >>>> On balance, I have to say, I think the default project template does >>>> very well. >>>> Taking a beginner, say, and adding, "As well as the million things >>>> you're already dealing with, there are these things called environment >>>> variable and..." is a step I'd be very cautious about taking. >>>> >>>> Yes, granted, for professional deployment, you might want different — >>>> but we have to serve everyone. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/3443dbe6-1a6a-45af-b5ec-08cf78426869%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/3443dbe6-1a6a-45af-b5ec-08cf78426869%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAExk7p0%3DzRMJi1ObZnSuKncYgXVuNT-k%3DqMj5ONVuEN_nVTEQw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAExk7p0%3DzRMJi1ObZnSuKncYgXVuNT-k%3DqMj5ONVuEN_nVTEQw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAMyDDM3jxm_x41otzdsqWeKG2munqrX5eqM-SG8kK_B9Y06c_w%40mail.gmail.com.
