Not able to start the server !

[mukkachaitanya]

The following is the output of python manage.py runserver

(waves) C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\src>python manage.py runserver 0:8000
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 330, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 190, in fetch_command
    klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 40, in load_command_class
    module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File "c:\program files (x86)\python2\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 14, in <module>
    from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\executor.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .loader import MigrationLoader
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\loader.py", line 10, in <module>
    from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 9, in <module>
    class MigrationRecorder(object):
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 23, in MigrationRecorder
    class Migration(models.Model):
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\migrations\recorder.py", line 24, in Migration
    app = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\__init__.py", line 1081, in __init__
    super(CharField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\__init__.py", line 161, in __init__
    self.db_tablespace = db_tablespace or settings.DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 44, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "C:\Users\mukka\Documents\Prgm\Waves2k16\Waves-Website\waves\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 113, in __init__
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty. ```

[mukkachaitanya]

As I tried to see through the code, the code of /waves/__init__.py :

try:
    from .local import *
except:
    pass

try:
    from .production import *
except:
    pass 

And .local isn't being imported. Tried to change to just local , but same error pops up. Any suggestions ?

[SebastinSanty]

Check if the above patch is working

[mukkachaitanya]

Working and done.