conftest.py

def pytest_configure(config):
    from django.conf import settings
    if not settings.configured:
        settings.configure(
            DATABASE_ENGINE='sqlite3',
            DATABASES={
                'default': {
                    'NAME': ':memory:',
                    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
                    'TEST_NAME': ':memory:',
                },
            },
            DATABASE_NAME=':memory:',
            TEST_DATABASE_NAME=':memory:',
            INSTALLED_APPS=[
                'django.contrib.admin',
                'django.contrib.auth',
                'django.contrib.contenttypes',
                'django.contrib.sessions',
                'django.contrib.messages',
                'django.contrib.staticfiles',

                # Project's apps

                # 3rd parties
            ],
            ROOT_URLCONF='django-rest-framework-benchmark.urls',
            DEBUG=False,
            SITE_ID=1,
            TEMPLATE_DEBUG=True,
            ALLOWED_HOSTS=['*'],
            LOGGING={
                'version': 1,
                'disable_existing_loggers': False,
                'formatters': {
                    'standard': {
                        'format': '%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s'
                    },
                },
                'handlers': {
                    'default': {
                        'level': 'DEBUG',
                        'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
                    },
                },
                'loggers': {
                    '': {
                        'handlers': ['default'],
                        'level': 'DEBUG',
                        'propagate': True
                    },
                },
            },
        )