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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions project_name/settings.py-tpl
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https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/
"""

import django_mongodb_backend

from pathlib import Path

# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
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# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
"default": django_mongodb_backend.parse_uri("mongodb://localhost:27017/{{ project_name }}"),
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django_mongodb_backend',
'HOST': 'mongodb://localhost:27017/',
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For this configuration, "HOST" isn't needed. 'mongodb://localhost:27017/' basically only serves as quasi-documentation to show that you can put a connection string here, but may give some wrong impressions, like the fact that a port is required, so maybe we should rethink this.

'NAME': '{{ project_name }}',
},
}

# Database routers
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