How to connect to the database if Lemmy is in a docker container? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by utopify_org@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I've installed Lemmy via ansible, but I figured out that there are problems with emails and after I've created a user, no verification email came, no login is possible and now I have a ghost account I want to delete.

Because I couldn't find an UI element to purge users in the admin panel, I want to do it over postgresql, but I have no idea how to connect to the Lemmy database over a docker container, only thing I've found is to backup/restore the whole database:

docker-compose exec postgres pg_dumpall -c -U lemmy | gzip > lemmy_dump_date +%Y-%m-%d""%H%M_%S.sql.gz

Thank you for your help.

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[-] utopify_org@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I found a solution here

A warning to people who have the same problem:

On the website there is a command, which will purge all unverified account. If your admin account wasn't verified, it will be purged, too.

Thanks a lot for your help :)

[-] ikornaselur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Glad you solved it! Definitely sounds like a better solution than playing around in the db

[-] utopify_org@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well, it is playing around with the db 😀 ... and it could even destroy the whole instance if people don't see the warning I've posted there.

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