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    start-docs
    configure
    pkg-release
+   make-db
 
 
 Indices and tables
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+
+.. highlight:: sh
+
+Establish Main App Database
+===========================
+
+Now that you have a hang of how to use the Rattail-style command line
+(somewhat), let's move on to the database.
+
+The main reason to wait until now to add a DB to the mix, was simply to show
+that the "core" of Rattail does not need a DB.  However in practice there *are*
+definitely some commands which Rattail comes with out of the box, and which
+also would require one or even multiple databases to be present.
+
+
+Create User for PostgreSQL 
+--------------------------
+
+Before we make our database, let's first establish a user account within
+Postgres, which we will designate as the "owner" of our database(s).
+
+It is convention within Rattail, to create a PG user named "rattail" for this
+purpose.  You are free to use another name if you prefer::
+
+   sudo -u postgres createuser --no-createdb --no-createrole --no-superuser rattail
+
+You also should declare a password for the user::
+
+   sudo -u postgres psql -c "alter user rattail password 'newpassword'"
+
+
+Create Database
+---------------
+
+Now that we know who to use as the "owner" we will create a new Postgres
+database::
+
+   sudo -u postgres createdb --owner rattail rattut
+
+Of course we named our database "rattut" here only because we're assuming this
+tutorial project is the app, but your name may be different.
+
+At this point you should update your ``app/rattail.conf`` file to reflect your
+chosen database name and user credentials:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+   [rattail.db]
+   default.url = postgresql://rattail:newpassword@localhost/rattut
+
+
+Install DB Schema
+-----------------
+
+So you have a DB but it’s empty; you can confirm that with::
+
+   sudo -u postgres psql -c '\d' rattut
+
+But we'll fix that now. Schema is managed entirely via Alembic "version"
+scripts, so to install the schema we merely run all the scripts::
+
+   cdvirtualenv
+   bin/alembic -c app/rattail.conf upgrade heads
+
+(Note that you must use ``rattail.conf`` for that; ``quiet.conf`` won't work.)
+
+If you check the DB again you should see a good amount of tables.
+
+
+Create Admin User in DB
+-----------------------
+
+We include this here not so much because you *need* an admin user in your DB at
+this point (although you will for the web app), but rather just to confirm that
+everything is setup correctly thus far.
+
+You currently should have no users in your DB::
+
+   sudo -u postgres psql -c 'select * from "user"' rattut
+
+Okay then let's make an admin user for you::
+
+   bin/rattail -c app/quiet.conf make-user --admin myusername
+
+Now if you query the ``user`` table again you should see your new account.