From 93405dc23a3056da63bbf4d15ec33e6576f7f20a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxime Beauchemin Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:41:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI in the docs --- docs/installation.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 6e78fde3c81e6..7c59aee8ebd35 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ of the parameters you can copy / paste in that configuration module: :: # Your App secret key SECRET_KEY = '\2\1thisismyscretkey\1\2\e\y\y\h' - # The SQLAlchemy connection string. + # The SQLAlchemy connection string to your database backend + # This connection defines the path to the database that stores your + # caravel metadata (slices, connections, tables, dashboards, ...). + # Note that the connection information to connect to the datasources + # you want to explore are managed directly in the web UI SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////tmp/caravel.db' # Flask-WTF flag for CSRF