Better way to initialise things on setup.

takahe/settings/base.py

@@ -118,5 +118,3 @@ AUTO_ADMIN_EMAIL: Optional[str] = None
 STATOR_TOKEN: Optional[str] = None
 
 SENTRY_ENABLED = False
-
-IN_TESTS = False

takahe/settings/production.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ DEBUG = bool(os.environ.get("TAKAHE__SECURITY_HAZARD__DEBUG", False))
 # TODO: Allow better setting of allowed_hosts, if we need to
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
+CONN_MAX_AGE = 60
+
 ### User-configurable options, pulled from the environment ###
 
 # Secret key

takahe/settings/testing.py

@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ from .base import *  # noqa
 # Fixed secret key
 SECRET_KEY = "testing_secret"
 
-IN_TESTS = True
-
 MAIN_DOMAIN = "example.com"

users/apps.py

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
-from django.conf import settings
+from django.db.models.signals import post_migrate
 
 
 class UsersConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
     name = "users"
 
-    def ready(self) -> None:
+    def data_init(self, **kwargs):
-        if not settings.IN_TESTS:
+        """
-            # Generate the server actor keypair if needed
+        Runs after migrations or flushes to insert anything we need for first
-            from users.models import SystemActor
+        boot (or post upgrade).
+        """
+        # Generate the server actor keypair if needed
+        from users.models import SystemActor
 
-            SystemActor.generate_keys_if_needed()
+        SystemActor.generate_keys_if_needed()
+
+    def ready(self) -> None:
+        post_migrate.connect(self.data_init, sender=self)