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Expand Up @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ Copy the sample below and fill in real values::
POSTGRES_USER=lutris
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=admin
POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
POSTGRES_PORT=5434
POSTGRES_PORT=5432
REDIS_HOST=localhost
REDIS_PORT=6378
REDIS_PORT=6379
STEAM_API_KEY=your_steam_api_key
DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=your_discord_client_id
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET=your_discord_client_secret
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--restart unless-stopped \
--shm-size 4gb \
-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=admin \
-e POSGRES_DB=lutris \
-e POSTGRES_DB=lutris \
-e POSTGRES_USER=lutris \
-p 5432:5432 \
-v lutrisdb_backups:/backups \
postgres:12

Quickstart::

sudo -u postgres psql
create user lutris;
create database lutris with owner lutris;
alter user lutris createdb;
alter database lutris owner to lutris;
alter user lutris with password 'admin';

Create a user::

sudo -u postgres create user lutris

Note that the user will need to be able to create databases in order to
run tests. If you have created an user without this permission, run::

sudo -u postgres psql
ALTER USER lutris CREATEDB;

Creating a database::

sudo -u postgres psql
create database lutris with owner lutris;

or (in shell)::

createdb lutris -O lutris

Modify database's owner::

sudo -u postgres psql
alter database lutris owner to lutris;

Change user's password::

sudo -u postgres psql
alter user lutris with password 'admin';
postgres:18

Dropping all tables from the database::

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