A thing to make a graphite user, from some point in the past

graphite_user.py

import os,sys
sys.path.append("/opt/graphite/webapp/graphite")
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'settings'
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

username = 'root'
password = 'change_me'

def get_user(username):
    u = User.objects.get(username__exact=username)

def create_user(username, password):
    u = User.objects.create_user(username, password=password)
    u.save()
    print "user created %s" % username

def set_password(username):
    u = User.objects.get(username__exact=username)
    u.set_password(password)

def set_passsword_or_create(username, password='changeme'):
    u = get_user(username)
    if u:
        u.set_password(password)
    else:
        create_user(username, password)

def failed(username, error):
    print "Could not create user: %s. Failed with %s" % username, error
    
try:
    set_password_or_create(username, password)
except err:
    failed(username, err)