# Administration ## Full Reset đĢâĄī¸â The following environment variables need to be defined for successful operation: - `DB_ROOT_PASSWORD`: The root password for the MariaDB instance To completely reset Friendica, including its database and volumes, run: ```bash docker exec -i central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p"${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS friendica; CREATE DATABASE friendica;" docker compose down rm -rv /mnt/hdd/data/docker/volumes/friendica_data docker volume rm friendica_data ``` ## Reset Database đī¸ ## Manual Method: 1. Connect to the MariaDB instance: ```bash docker exec -it central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p ``` 2. Run the following commands: ```sql DROP DATABASE friendica; CREATE DATABASE friendica; exit; ``` ## Automatic Method: ```bash DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="your_root_password" docker exec -i central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p"${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS friendica; CREATE DATABASE friendica;" ``` ## Enter the Application Container đ To access the application container: ```bash docker compose exec -it application sh ``` ## Debugging Tools đ ī¸ ## Check Environment Variables ```bash docker compose exec -it application printenv ``` ## Inspect Volume Data ```bash ls -la /var/lib/docker/volumes/friendica_data/_data/ ``` ## Autoinstall đ Run the following command to autoinstall Friendica: ```bash docker compose exec --user www-data -it application bin/console autoinstall ``` ## Reinitialization đ ## Docker Only: ```bash docker-compose up -d --force-recreate ``` ## Full Reinitialization: ```bash docker-compose up -d --force-recreate && sleep 2; docker compose exec --user www-data -it application bin/console autoinstall; ``` ## Configuration Information âšī¸ ## General Configuration: ```bash cat /var/lib/docker/volumes/friendica_data/_data/config/local.config.php ``` ## Email Configuration: ```bash docker compose exec -it application cat /etc/msmtprc ``` ## Email Debugging âī¸ To send a test email: ```bash docker compose exec -it application msmtp --account=system_email -t test@test.de ```