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@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/certbot renew --quiet --agree-tos --deploy-hook "docker exec
 - To remove all containers you have downloaded: `docker system prune -a`
 - To remove all unused volumes: `docker volume prune`
 - To upgrade all images first run `docker-compose pull` followed by `docker-compose up -d --build`. Be careful this usually breaks something.
+- To connect to the database you can run the command `docker run -it --network scarif_db --rm mariadb mysql -hostname scarif_db_1 -p`
 
 # TODO
 - [x] Set up docker