I encountered some errors during mysql setup with django using docker. So, this
is why I created a quick reference for myself.
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Put this into your settings.py file.
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': os.environ.get('MYSQL_DATABASE', 'mysql-db'),
'USER': os.environ.get('MYSQL_USER',