Settings

Django Archive provides a number of settings that can be used to customize its behavior. These settings are optional, but may be modified on a per-project basis in the project’s settings.py.

ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY

Default: empty

Directory where the archive will be stored. The default behavior is to create the archive in the current directory.

ARCHIVE_FILENAME

Default: '%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S'

String passed to strftime() to determine the filename of the archive.

ARCHIVE_FORMAT

Default: 'bz2'

Format used for creating the compressed archive. The two options currently available include:

• 'bz2'
• 'gz'

ARCHIVE_EXCLUDE

Default:

(
    'contenttypes.ContentType',
    'sessions.Session',
    'auth.Permission',
)

List of models to exclude from the archive.