On: Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panel

[ttymck]

I see a few comments asking about supported database backends, suggesting they understand how Motor Admin works. From reading the website and the github Readme, I still don't know how it works. Surely it must connect directly to my database, but I couldn't find anything to actually confirm that. It just tells me how to run a binary or docker image. I'm sure I missed something, but I thought this information would be obvious.

[petems → ttymck]

Thanks that's a good point. It requires to connect to the database (postgresql or mysql) and the tool automatically build an admin UI on top of the existing data.

You can try it yourself locally on macOS, Ubuntu or in docker if you're on windows:

https://www.getmotoradmin.com/installation

[ttymck → petems]

Ah, the docker section indeed states that, thanks:

> Docker Run docker container image by specifying DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY_BASE

I glossed over that instruction, and since the CLI commands are scrollable overflow, I didn't see the variables in the command.