feat: add script for resetting the database

Author: angela-tran

bin/reset_db.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eux
+
+# remove database file
+
+# construct the path to the database file from environment or default
+DB_DIR="${DJANGO_DB_DIR:-.}"
+DB_FILE="${DB_DIR}/django.db"
+
+# -f forces the delete (and avoids an error when the file doesn't exist)
+rm -f "${DB_FILE}"
+
+# run database migrations
+
+python manage.py migrate
+
+# create a superuser account for backend admin access
+# (set username, email, and password using environment variables
+# DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME, DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL, and DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD)
+
+python manage.py createsuperuser --no-input

docs/configuration/environment-variables.md

@@ -126,6 +126,18 @@ By default the application sends logs to `stdout`.
 
 Django's primary secret, keep this safe!
 
+### `DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL`
+
+The email address of the Django Admin superuser created when resetting the database.
+
+### `DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`
+
+The password of the Django Admin superuser created when resetting the database.
+
+### `DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME`
+
+The username of the Django Admin superuser created when resetting the database.
+
 ### `DJANGO_TRUSTED_ORIGINS`
 
 !!! warning "Deployment configuration"