# ClickHouseServerResource.addDatabase

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.ClickHouse](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.clickhouse.md)
- Defined on: [ClickHouseServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.clickhouse/clickhouseserverresource.md)
- Version: `13.5.3`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a ClickHouse database to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface ClickHouseServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDatabase(
      name: string,
      databaseName?: string): ClickHouseDatabaseResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addDatabase(
    name: string,
    databaseName?: string): ClickHouseDatabaseResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `databaseName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[ClickHouseDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.clickhouse/clickhousedatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [ClickHouseServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.clickhouse/clickhouseserverresource.md) -- `handle`