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Auto Generation of django secret key#2232

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feature/random_secret_key
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Auto Generation of django secret key#2232
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feature/random_secret_key

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@IdirLISN IdirLISN commented Mar 5, 2026

Description:

Generation of a random secret key for django instance when building the app.
Write the value on .env.
each docker compose up -d, entrypoint.sh will read the variable in .env, if it doesn't exist it will generate one random secret key.
If a user want to deploy his own codabench instance, it will be secured with a unique secret key.
Enables django to use a private secret key for each new instance of it.

Issues this PR resolves

Secret key was clear and was the same for all instances. It means all codabench instances can authenticate to each other.

A checklist for hand testing

  • just deploy and start the app. If it works, it means django found the secret key randomly generated.

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  • Code review by me
  • Hand tested by me
  • I'm proud of my work
  • Code review by reviewer
  • Hand tested by reviewer
  • CircleCi tests are passing
  • Ready to merge

@IdirLISN IdirLISN changed the title feature Ok, .env modification needed Auto Generation of django secret key Mar 5, 2026
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