Django: Changing project folder / settings structure - django

Question

I am currently trying to change from the default Django structure to that one.
I now copied all the files in the new folders, but when running python manage.py runserver --settings=settings.local it shows the following in my terminal:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 16, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 371, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 317, in execute
settings.INSTALLED_APPS
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 56, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 43, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 106, in __init__
mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
File "/Users/Marc/.local/share/virtualenvs/lumis-vJ5Odiz7/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 941, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 953, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'settings'
Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
I also changed in my wsgi.py and manage.py to the following:
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")

Answer 1

You need to turn the config/ directory into a python module by creating a blank config/__init__.py file, then configure your DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE like this in manage.py and config/wsgi.py:
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local")
Then you should be able to just run ./manage.py runserver without the --settings option.

Answer 2

You need to tell django where to look for settings module therefore you have to specify the module path in manage.py:
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
and in __init__.py inside settings folder add the following lines:
try:
from config.settings.local import *
except:
pass

Answer 3

if you are using Pycharm go to
File > Settings > Language and Frameworks >Django
and configure that
1)[checked] Django support
2) settings: config\settings.py
3)manage script: manage.py
But if you are using a independent console it should be works fine just with the ___init__.py file in the folder config ,and the configuration os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings") in the manage.py file,using
python manage.py runserver