Inside settings.py import os BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'), } }Possible values are: Engine type Setting pip install MySQL django.db.backends.mysql pip install mysql-python Oracle django.