Mr. Editor-in-chief Mr. Editor-in-chief • June 6, 2021 • Updated April 24, 2026

Add a Django Admin Honeypot

django-admin-honeypot is a fake Django admin login screen to log and notify admins of attempted unauthorized access. This app was inspired by discussion in and around Paul McMillanÆs security talk at DjangoCon 2011.

  • Install django-admin-honeypot from PyPI:
pip install django-admin-honeypot-updated-2021
  • Add admin_honeypot to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'admin_honeypot',
    ...
]
  • Update your urls.py:
urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', include('admin_honeypot.urls')),
    path('real_admin_page/', admin.site.urls),
    ...
]
  • Database Migration
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
  • Test log in on yoursite.come/admin and then check 'ADMIN_HONEYPOT -> Login attempts' after log in with real admin page.
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