Additional Database options
We’re currently making rapid changes to the product so our docs may be out of date. If you need help, please email yo@forem.com.
Seed Data
By default, the amount of articles and users generated is quite tiny so that
contributors experience a quick installation. If you require more data for your
local installation, you can tune amount of data generated with the environment
variable SEEDS_MULTIPLIER.
This variable, which defaults to 1, allows the developer to increase the size
of their local DB. For example:
SEEDS_MULTIPLIER=2 rails db:setup
Will result in twice the default amount of items being created in the database.
It's currently used only for articles and users.
It can also be used for rails db:seed and rails db:reset.
Default Admin User
Seed data creates a handful of regular users, and a single admin user that can be used to log into the application with the Email login option:
email: admin@forem.local
password: password
Other seed modes
To put your local forem into "starter mode", as it would be for a new creator,
use MODE=STARTER i.e...
MODE=STARTER rails db:setup
This mode skips creation of all sample data.