Merge branch 'minor_changes' of https://github.com/StaticallyTypedRice/lemmy into StaticallyTypedRice-minor_changes

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/src/administration_configuration.md b/docs/src/administration_configuration.md
index 600fc3d2..55f93f05 100644
--- a/docs/src/administration_configuration.md
+++ b/docs/src/administration_configuration.md
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ Additionally, you can override any config files with environment variables. Thes
 `LEMMY__DATABASE__POOL_SIZE=10`.
 
 An additional option `LEMMY_DATABASE_URL` is available, which can be used with a PostgreSQL connection string like `postgres://lemmy:password@lemmy_db:5432/lemmy`, passing all connection details at once.
+
+If the Docker container is not used, manually create the database specified above by running the following commands:
+
+```bash
+# Start at the root of the Lemmy repository
+
+cd server
+./db-init.sh
+```
diff --git a/docs/src/contributing_local_development.md b/docs/src/contributing_local_development.md
index c19bcba8..7d782925 100644
--- a/docs/src/contributing_local_development.md
+++ b/docs/src/contributing_local_development.md
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@
 #### Set up Postgres DB
 
 ```bash
- psql -c "create user lemmy with password 'password' superuser;" -U postgres
- psql -c 'create database lemmy with owner lemmy;' -U postgres
- export LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@localhost:5432/lemmy
+# Start at the root of the Lemmy repository
+
+cd server
+./db-init.sh
+```
+
+Or run the commands manually:
+
+```bash
+psql -c "create user lemmy with password 'password' superuser;" -U postgres
+psql -c 'create database lemmy with owner lemmy;' -U postgres
+export LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@localhost:5432/lemmy
 ```
 
 #### Running