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 ### Running in a Docker Container
 
 You can use `.docker/docker-compose.yml` to start a docker container
-(`docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml up -d`) that runs
-mariadb. You need appropriate settings in `.config`:
-`MYSQL_OPTS="--protocol=TCP"` and
-`DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST=%,`
+(`docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml up -d`) that runs mariadb. You
+need appropriate settings in `.config`:
+* `MYSQL_OPTS="--protocol=TCP"` and
+* `DATABASE_USER_HOST_LIST=%,`
 After the first start, you need to install the database: `make install`.
-Then, you can connect to it with 
-`mariadb --protocol=TCP -u caosdb -prandom1234 caosdb`.
+Then, you can connect to it with `mariadb --protocol=TCP -u caosdb -prandom1234
+caosdb`.
 
 
 ### Troubleshooting