How to set settings.py for MySQL in django

use the password you entered when installing MySql

$ mysql -u root -p

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mysql> CREATE DATABASE test;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| django_db          |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sys                |
| test               |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.52 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

Django database settings Edit settings.py:
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        #'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
        'NAME': 'test',
        'USER': 'user',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
    }
}
$ python manage.py migrate

Operations to perform:
  Apply all migrations: admin, employee, contenttypes, auth, sessions
Running migrations:
  Rendering model states... DONE
  Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK
  Applying auth.0001_initial... OK
  Applying admin.0001_initial... OK
  Applying admin.0002_logentry_remove_auto_add... OK
  Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK
  Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK
  Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK
  Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK
  Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK
  Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK
  Applying auth.0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages... OK
  Applying employee.0001_initial... OK
  Applying employee.0002_auto_20160505_1840... OK
  Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK