Empty SECRET_KEY

[declancockburn]

Following the setup steps instructions in a virtual env, works fine until:

$ python manage.py migrate

This is the error I get:

(env) (base) C:\...\django-invoices\src>python manage.py migrate
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 395, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 328, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 366, in execute
    self.check()
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 392, in check
    all_issues = self._run_checks(
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\migrate.py", line 63, in _run_checks
    issues = run_checks(tags=[Tags.database])
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 72, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\core\checks\database.py", line 9, in check_database_backends
    for conn in connections.all():
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 222, in all
    return [self[alias] for alias in self]
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 219, in __iter__
    return iter(self.databases)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 153, in databases
    self._databases = settings.DATABASES
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 76, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 63, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "C:\...\django-invoices\env\lib
\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 161, in __init__
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

I see there's an empty SECRET_KEY in:
.\env\Lib\site-packages\django\conf\global_settings.py

but indeed filled in:
.\src\django-invoices\settings\base.py

I'm not sure why using the empty one. That's as far as I could get troubleshooting.

[meet-pat619]

I am having the same problem. Did you found any solution. If yes, then please can u share.