diff --git a/docs/howto.md b/docs/howto.md index bedbd661e7233d78b86a93bb79ecca2ed77d6a5d..3a38ba87b88fececdda596a3f144b1ca13cf542d 100644 --- a/docs/howto.md +++ b/docs/howto.md @@ -17,3 +17,17 @@ is formatted as https://discordapp.com/channels/``guildid``/``channelid`` * e.g. To set Alice to Admin on her ``example.com`` HS on default config. (``config.yaml``) * ``npm run adminme -- -r '!AbcdefghijklmnopqR:example.com' -u '@Alice:example.com' -p '100'`` * Run ``npm run adminme -- -h`` for usage. + +### Migrate to postgres from sqlite +* Stop the bridge. +* Create a new database on postgres and create a user for it with a password. + * We will call the database `discord_bridge` and the the user `discord`. +* Install `pgloader` if you do not have it. +* Run `pgloader ./discord.db postgresql://discord:password@localhost/discord_bridge` +* Change the config so that the config contains: + +```yaml +database: + connString: "postgresql://discord:password@localhost/discord_bridge" +``` +* All done!