Manage null default state for logging integration and DB definition

awx/main/utils/handlers.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from requests_futures.sessions import FuturesSession
 
 # custom
 from django.conf import settings as django_settings
+from django.utils.log import NullHandler
 
 # AWX external logging handler, generally designed to be used
 # with the accompanying LogstashHandler, derives from python-logstash library
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ def unused_callback(sess, resp):
     pass
 
 
+class HTTPSNullHandler(NullHandler):
+    "Placeholder null handler to allow loading without database access"
+
+    def __init__(self, host, **kwargs):
+        return super(HTTPSNullHandler, self).__init__()
+
+
 class HTTPSHandler(logging.Handler):
     def __init__(self, fqdn=False, **kwargs):
         super(HTTPSHandler, self).__init__()