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 4. `abra app config YOURAPPNAME` - be sure to change `$DOMAIN` to something that resolves to
    your Docker swarm box
 5. `abra app deploy YOURAPPNAME`
-6. Build the database with `abra app run YOURAPPNAME app yarn db:migrate --env=production-ssl-disabled` 
 7. Open the configured domain in your browser to finish set-up
 
 [`abra`]: https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra
 [`coop-cloud/traefik`]: https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/traefik
+
+## Tips & Tricks
+
+### Post-deploy migration
+
+```
+abra app run YOURAPPNAME app sh
+export DATABASE_PASSWORD=$(cat /run/secrets/db_password)
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres://outline:${DATABASE_PASSWORD}@${STACK_NAME}_postgres:5432/outline"
+yarn db:migrate --env=production-ssl-disabled
+```
+
+### Setting up your `.env` config
+
+Don't use quotes (`"..."`), the NodeJS scripts flip out for some reason.