old_contents: """
  This is the default template for our main set of AWS servers. This does NOT
  cover the content machines, which use content.py
  
  Common traits:
  * Use memcached, and cache-backed sessions
  * Use a MySQL 5.1 database
  """
  import json
  
  from common import *
  
  ############################### ALWAYS THE SAME ################################
  DEBUG = False
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
  
  EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
  SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'
  DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
  
  ########################### NON-SECURE ENV CONFIG ##############################
  # Things like server locations, ports, etc.
  with open(BASE_DIR / "env.json") as env_file:
      ENV_TOKENS = json.load(env_file)
  
  SITE_NAME = ENV_TOKENS['SITE_NAME'] # "extstage.mitx.mit.edu"
  CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS['CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN'] # '.mitx.mit.edu'
  
  BOOK_URL = ENV_TOKENS['BOOK_URL'] # 'https://mitxstatic.s3.amazonaws.com/book_images/'
  LIB_URL = ENV_TOKENS['LIB_URL'] # 'https://mitxstatic.s3.amazonaws.com/js/'
  MEDIA_URL = ENV_TOKENS['MEDIA_URL'] # 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/mitx_askbot_stage/'
  
  LOG_DIR = ENV_TOKENS['LOG_DIR'] # "/mnt/logs/"
  
  CACHES = {
      'default': {
          'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
      }
  }
  
  CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
         'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
     },
     'general': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
         'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
         'KEY_PREFIX' : 'general',
         'VERSION' : 5,
     }
  }
  
  ############################## SECURE AUTH ITEMS ###############################
  # Secret things: passwords, access keys, etc.
  with open(BASE_DIR / "auth.json") as auth_file:
      AUTH_TOKENS = json.load(auth_file)
  
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = AUTH_TOKENS["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = AUTH_TOKENS["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"]
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
          'NAME': 'wwc',
          'USER': 'root',
          'PASSWORD': authtokens["PASSWORD"],
          'HOST': '***REMOVED***',
          'PORT': '3306',
      }
  }
new_contents: """
  This is the default template for our main set of AWS servers. This does NOT
  cover the content machines, which use content.py
  
  Common traits:
  * Use memcached, and cache-backed sessions
  * Use a MySQL 5.1 database
  """
  import json
  
  from common import *
  
  ############################### ALWAYS THE SAME ################################
  DEBUG = False
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
  
  EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
  SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'
  DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
  
  ########################### NON-SECURE ENV CONFIG ##############################
  # Things like server locations, ports, etc.
  with open(BASE_DIR / "env.json") as env_file:
      ENV_TOKENS = json.load(env_file)
  
  SITE_NAME = ENV_TOKENS['SITE_NAME'] # "extstage.mitx.mit.edu"
  CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS['CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN'] # '.mitx.mit.edu'
  
  BOOK_URL = ENV_TOKENS['BOOK_URL']
  LIB_URL = ENV_TOKENS['LIB_URL']
  MEDIA_URL = ENV_TOKENS['MEDIA_URL']
  LOG_DIR = ENV_TOKENS['LOG_DIR']
  
  CACHES = ENV_TOKENS['CACHES']
  
  ############################## SECURE AUTH ITEMS ###############################
  # Secret things: passwords, access keys, etc.
  with open(BASE_DIR / "auth.json") as auth_file:
      AUTH_TOKENS = json.load(auth_file)
  
  SECRET_KEY = AUTH_TOKENS['SECRET_KEY']
  
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = AUTH_TOKENS["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = AUTH_TOKENS["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"]
  
  DATABASES = AUTH_TOKENS['DATABASES']
subject: move more of our AWS config to tokens from JSON files