I’m presuming just as root with no special environment:
# python3-django-admin migrate --noinput
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/python3-django-admin", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('Django==2.2.10', 'console_scripts', 'django-admin')()
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 323, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 361, in execute
self.check()
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 390, in check
include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 64, in _run_checks
issues = run_checks(tags=[Tags.database])
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 72, in run_checks
new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/checks/database.py", line 9, in check_database_backends
for conn in connections.all():
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 216, in all
return [self[alias] for alias in self]
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 213, in __iter__
return iter(self.databases)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 80, in __get__
res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 147, in databases
self._databases = settings.DATABASES
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 79, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 64, in _setup
% (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DATABASES, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.