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+
+import os
+
+CONFIG_DIR = '/opt/aura/steering'
+DB_CONFIG = 'steering.mysql.cnf'
+
+SECRET_KEY = '---some-secred-key---'
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'read_default_file': os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, DB_CONFIG),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
+    'http://localhost:8080'
+    # 'https://aura-test.o94.at',
+    # 'https://aura-test.o94.at:443',
+)
+CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = list(default_headers) + [
+    'content-disposition',
+]
+
+# Uncomment this *after* you have initialized the DB with default tables and data:
+#USE_TZ = False
+
+
+# Comment out the following for temporary debugging, if you want to use the
+# native DRF web forms
+"""
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    # Use Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` permissions,
+    # or allow read-only access for unauthenticated users.
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
+    ],
+}
+"""