I'm using Docker containers with Django. In my container I'm using environment variables via .env file
container_name:
env_file: .env
I have echoe'd SECRET_KEY after the container is up and it shows the correct value set in .env file.
The problem is in my settings. When I do the following...
import environ
env = environ.Env()
SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY', default='some_other_value')
... I was expecting "try to read 'SECRET_KEY' from the OS, but if you can't find it set it to 'some_other_value'. It turns out it isn't, having the following output:
get 'SECRET_KEY' casted as 'None' with default '<NoValue>'
On the other hand, if I do os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY') it gets the correct value.
What am I doing wrong with django-environ package?
