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 A forum for the year 3000.
 
+## Running the server
+
+This project provides a [docker compose][docker-compose] configuration
+to easily run the service. In order to run the server, run
+`docker-compose up`
+
 ## What you will need to get started
 
 This project uses [node][node] for most of its development processes.
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 This repo contains a pre-commit git hook so indent will run before every
 commit. Run `npm run setup-hooks` to install it.
 
+## Running migrations on the docker environment
+
+After building the app with docker compose, you can set up the database
+with `docker exec forum_forum_1 npm run db:setup`. This will run
+migrations and seed default data.
+
+If you only want to run migrations, you should run
+`docker exec forum_forum_1 npm run db:migrate` instead.
+
+If you only want to seed the database, you should run
+`docker exec forum_forum_1 npm run db:seed` instead.
+
 [node]: https://nodejs.org/en/