# addDatabase

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.RavenDB](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.ravendb.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds a database resource to an existing RavenDB server resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface RavenDBServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDatabase(
    name: string,
    databaseName?: string,
    ensureCreated?: boolean): RavenDBDatabaseResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `databaseName` (`string`) `optional`
- `ensureCreated` (`boolean`) `optional` `= False`

## Returns

[RavenDBDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.ravendb/ravendbdatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [RavenDBServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.ravendb/ravendbserverresource.md)