Merge pull request #136 from teksaver/patch-1

Dockerfile update to fix database issue on render.com

Author: jslvtr

docs/docs/11_deploy_to_render/02_create_render_web_service/README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ While on the free plan, deployments are a bit slow. It has to build your image a
 
 Now, you can access your service URL and try it out using Insomnia or Postman!
 
+:::warning
+If `data.db` is in the `.gitignore` file you need to call  `flask db migrate` to populate the sqlite database. Since the free plan does not provide the CLI, you can do this in the `Dockerfile` by adding `RUN flask db upgrade` after `COPY . .`.
+:::
+
 ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/teclado/image/upload/v1689180778/courses/rest-apis-flask-python/insomnia-test-prod_dlfe1d.png)
 
 :::warning