From 5e2c8c57c4c8413df8470991ed0ef6bc351bba90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre <44178713+alexbelgium@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 03:28:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adapt readme

---
 photoprism/README.md | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/photoprism/README.md b/photoprism/README.md
index a5829cee6..3d2df1cae 100644
--- a/photoprism/README.md
+++ b/photoprism/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Options can be configured through two ways :
 ssl: true/false
 certfile: fullchain.pem #ssl certificate, must be located in /ssl
 keyfile: privkey.pem #sslkeyfile, must be located in /ssl
-DB_TYPE: "list(sqlite|mariadb_addon)" # Mariadb is automatically configured is the addon is installed, sqlite does not need configuration
+DB_TYPE: "list(sqlite|mariadb_addon|external)" # Mariadb is automatically configured is the addon is installed, sqlite does not need configuration
 localdisks: sda1 #put the hardware name of your drive to mount separated by commas, or its label. Ex: sda1, sdb1, MYNAS...
 networkdisks: "//SERVER/SHARE" # optional, list of smb servers to mount, separated by commas
 cifsusername: "username" # optional, smb username, same for all smb shares
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ Configuration is done by customizing the config.yaml that can be found in /confi
 
 The complete list of options can be seen here : https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/blob/develop/docker-compose.yml
 
+- External db setting (@wesleygas)
+
+Allow for the use of an external database. This can be done in photoprism by correctly setting the following options on the addons_config/photoprism/config.yaml file:
+
+```
+PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"
+PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "IP:PORT"
+PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"
+PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "USERNAME"
+PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "PASSWORD
+```
+
 ## Illustration
 
 ![1622396210_840_560](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44178713/127819841-2281ac79-ea96-4b41-9704-522957c5b9c3.jpg)