Django Sites Framework: Initial Data Migration Location

A couple of tweaks to @Jason's answer. Last tested with Django 2.2.

from django.conf import settings
from django.db import migrations


def update_site_domain(apps, schema_editor):
    Site = apps.get_model("sites", "Site")
    s, _ = Site.objects.get_or_create(pk=settings.SITE_ID)
    s.domain = settings.HOST
    s.save()


class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("your_app", "last_migration_name"),
        ("sites", "0002_alter_domain_unique"),  # highest-numbered migration for the sites framework
    ]

    operations = [migrations.RunPython(update_site_domain)]

You just need to reference the highest-numbered sites migration as a dependency.

def forward(apps, schema_editor):
    Site = apps.get_model("sites", "Site")
    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
    s, created = Site.objects.using(db_alias).get_or_create(pk=1)
    s.name = APP_NAME
    s.domain = APP_NAME
    s.save()


def reverse(apps, schema_editor):
    Site = apps.get_model("sites", "Site")
    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
    s = Site.objects.using(db_alias).get(pk=1)
    s.name = ORIG_APP_NAME
    s.domain = ORIG_APP_NAME
    s.save()


class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [

        # `core` is the app containing this migration
        ('core', '0001_initial'),

        # `0002_alter_domain_unique` is the highest-numbered migration for
        # the sites framework
        ('sites', '0002_alter_domain_unique'),

    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(forward, reverse)
    ]

This was tested on Django 1.11.2.

Fwiw, the MODULE_MIGRATIONS solution above does not work for me.

First, configure MODULE_MIGRATIONS in your django settings:

MIGRATION_MODULES = {
    'sites': 'myproject.fixtures.sites_migrations',
}

Then, run ./manage.py makemigrations sites to have django create the directory and create 0001_intitial.py in the myproject.fixtures.sites_migrations package.

Then, do ./manage.py makemigrations --empty sites. The migration file should be created in the specified package.

My file 0002_initialize_sites.py looks like this:

-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations


def insert_sites(apps, schema_editor):
    """Populate the sites model"""
    Site = apps.get_model('sites', 'Site')
    Site.objects.all().delete()

    # Register SITE_ID = 1
    Site.objects.create(domain='create.tourtodo.com', name='create')
    # Register SITE_ID = 2
    Site.objects.create(domain='www.tourtodo.com', name='www')


class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('sites', '0001_initial'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(insert_sites)
    ]