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diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 38374e9..11a6db6 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ And point your browser at `http://localhost:5000 <http://localhost:5000>`_. Configure database with MySQL/MariaDB (optional) ================================================ -Only required if you prefer MySQL/MariaDB over SQLite. +.. note:: Only required if you use MySQL/MariaDB. 1. Install PyMySQL dependencies. On Debian or Ubuntu, that would be:: @@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ Only required if you prefer MySQL/MariaDB over SQLite. 3. Create an empty database and a database user 4. Configure :ref:`SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI <configuration>` accordingly + +Configure database with PostgreSQL (optional) +============================================= + +.. note:: Only required if you use Postgresql. + +1. Install python driver for PostgreSQL (from within your virtualenv):: + + pip install psycopg2 + +2. Configure :ref:`SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI <configuration>` accordingly + + Deploy it ========= @@ -200,6 +213,10 @@ format used can be found on `the SQLAlchemy documentation`_. ``sqlite:///home/ihatemoney/ihatemoney.db``. Do *not* store it under ``/tmp`` as this folder is cleared at each boot. +If you're using PostgreSQL, Your client must use utf8. Unfortunately, PostgreSQL default +is to use ASCII. Either change your client settings, or specify the encoding by appending +`?client_encoding=utf8` to the connection string. + `SECRET_KEY` ------------ |