extend README on docker

mapbender · Jun 3, 2024 · 7faf8c1 · 7faf8c1
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 Run this command to start a local mapbender instance in a docker container using an internal sqlite database.
 
 ```bash
-docker run mapbender/mapbender
+docker run -p 80:8080 mapbender/mapbender
 ```
 
+If you want mapbender to stay up and running in background add the `-d` option.
+
+### ENV variables
+
+You can use environment variables to adjust the configuration of a docker container.
+E.g. the variable `MAPBENDER_DATABASE_URL` is used to setup another database as shown in the next example.
+
 ### external database 
 
 To run a Mapbender docker container configured to use an external database we will use the MAPBENDER_DATABASE_URL environment variable.