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+# docker run -p 8000:8000 dwmkerr/dynamodb
+
+SCHEMA="pact_broker"
+set +e
+export PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST="127.0.0.1"
+psql postgres -h $PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -U postgres -c "DROP DATABASE ${SCHEMA};"
+psql postgres -h $PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE ${SCHEMA};"
+psql postgres -h $PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -U postgres -c "CREATE USER pact_broker WITH PASSWORD 'pact_broker'"
+psql postgres -h $PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -U postgres -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${SCHEMA} to pact_broker;"
+psql postgres -h $PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -U postgres -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${SCHEMA} TO pact_broker;"
+echo ""
+echo "run the following command to set your environment variables:"
+echo "export PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_USERNAME=pact_broker"
+echo "export PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_PASSWORD=pact_broker"
+echo "export PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_NAME=${SCHEMA}"
+echo "export PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST=${ip}"
+echo "To test:"
+echo "psql -h \$PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST -d \$PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_NAME -U \$PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_USERNAME"