settings.py that running on both remote and local server.

settings.py

from os import uname, getcwd
from os.path import join
MACHINE_NAME = uname()[1]

if MACHINE_NAME == "XXX.webfaction.com":
    DOCUMENT_ROOT = "/path/to/document/"
    DATABASE_ENGINE = ...
    DATABASE_NAME = ...
    DATABASE_USER = ...
    DATABASE_PASSWORD = ...
    DATABASE_HOST = ...
    DATABASE_PORT = ...
else:
    DOCUMENT_ROOT = getcwd()
    DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
    DATABASE_NAME = join(DOCUMENT_ROOT,'sqlite3.db')