Python 2.7.11+ (default, Apr 17 2016, 14:00:29)
[GCC 5.3.1 20160413] on linux2
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>>> from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
>>> print get_python_lib()
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
>>> import mysql.connector
>>> db = mysql.connector.connect(user='root', password='test123', host='127.0.0.1', database='mydb')
>>> db
<mysql.connector.connection.MySQLConnection object at 0x7fd3a80536d0>

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
        'NAME': 'mydb',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'test123',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '3306'
    }
}

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'mysql.connector.django'
isn't an available database backend.