SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY') DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 'NAME': os.environ['RDS_DB_NAME'], 'USER': os.environ['RDS_USERNAME'], 'PASSWORD': os.environ['RDS_PASSWORD'], 'HOST': os.environ['RDS_HOSTNAME'], 'PORT': os.environ['RDS_PORT'], } } CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER='json' CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'django-db' CELERY_BROKER_URL = 'sqs://' CELERY_BROKER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS = { "region": "us-west-2", 'queue_name_prefix': 'myapp-something-', 'visibility_timeout': 360, 'polling_interval': 1 } # Use django-ses for email EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend' AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = 'email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com'