Calling django.setup() before CoG installation can take place.

Author: LucaCinquini

__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_app_config = 'cog.apps.CogConfig'

apps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+class CogConfig(AppConfig):
+
+    name = 'cog'
+    verbose_name = "CoG Scientific Projects Web Environment"

cog/installation/install.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from cog.plugins.esgf.security import esgfDatabaseManager
 from django_openid_auth.models import UserOpenID
 
+from django import setup as django_setup
 from django.core import management
 import sqlalchemy
 import datetime
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ class CoGInstall(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
 
+        # in stand-alone scripts, must explicitly invoke django.setup() to populate the application registry before anything can be done
+        django_setup()
+        
         # read cog_settings.cfg
         self.siteManager = SiteManager()
 

settings.py

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     'django_openid_auth',
     'grappelli',
     'filebrowser',
-    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.admin.apps.SimpleAdminConfig',
     'django_comments',
     'django.contrib.webdesign',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',