Merge pull request #116 from AustralianBioCommons/update-readme-for-local-db-guide

docs: add instructions on how to set up db locally

Author: amandazhuyilan

README.md

@@ -108,6 +108,37 @@ and run the migrations:
 uv run alembic upgrade head
 ```
 
+## Populating the Database on your Local Machine
+
+You can populate your dev database with the users and memberships from the dev Auth0 tenant by running the sync tasks.
+
+1. Remove the exisiting database (if it exists)
+
+```bash
+cd aai-backend
+rm database.db
+```
+
+2. Run the FastAPI app once to create the database
+   
+```bash
+uv run fastapi dev
+```
+
+then hit `Ctrl + C` to exit
+
+3. Sync Auth0 to local database
+
+```bash
+uv run python run_scheduler.py --immediate
+```
+
+4. Restart the backend service if needed
+
+```bash
+uv run fastapi dev main.py
+```
+
 # Job scheduler
 
 We use the `apscheduler` library to schedule recurring jobs. Currently