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docs: Expand discussion of settings secrets.

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Tim Abbott
2016-07-25 11:36:28 -07:00
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ of settings needed by the Zulip Django app. As a result, there are a
few files involved in the Zulip settings for server administrations.
In a production environment, we have:
* `/etc/zulip/settings.py` (generated from
* `/etc/zulip/settings.py` (the template is in the Zulip repo at
`zproject/prod_settings_template.py`) is the main system
administration facing settings file for Zulip. It contains all the
server-specific settings, such as how to send outgoing email, the
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ In a production environment, we have:
`scripts/setup/generate-secrets.py` as part of installation)
contains secrets used by the Zulip installation. These are read
using the standard Python `ConfigParser`, and accessed in
`zproject/settings.py` by the `get_secret` function.
`zproject/settings.py` by the `get_secret` function. All
secrets/API keys/etc. used by the Zulip Django application should be
stored here, and read using the `get_secret` function in
`zproject/settings.py`.
* `zproject/settings.py` is the main Django settings file for Zulip.
It contains all the settings that are constant for all Zulip
@@ -78,7 +81,9 @@ When adding a new server setting to Zulip, you will typically add it
in two or three places:
* In DEFAULT_SETTINGS in `zproject/settings.py`, with a default value
for production environments.
for production environments. If the settings has a secret key,
you'll add a `get_secret` call in `zproject/settings.py` (and the
user will add the value when they configure the feature).
* In an appropriate section of `zproject/prod_settings_template.py`,
with documentation in the comments explaining the settings's