How does one include the server hostname in a django error email?

Question

The title pretty much sums up the question. I have a django based site load balanced across multiple servers. As much as all the servers should be identical, $#%& happens... It would be really useful if the error emails django sends included the hostname of the server. How would this be achieved? p.s. It's django 1.3 on python 2.7.2 if that makes any difference. UPDATE: I can get the hostname, that's not the issue. The problem is how to add it to the error emails.

Accepted Answer

You can use the `SERVER_EMAIL` or `EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX` setting.

In your settings.py:

```
 import socket
 SERVER_ADMIN = 'alerts+{0}@mydomain.com'.format(socket.gethostname())
```

or

```
 import socket
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[my_django_app - {0}] '.format(socket.gethostname())
```

How does one include the server hostname in a django error email?

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