# addRavenDB

- 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 RavenDB server resource to the application model. A container is used for local development. This overload simplifies the configuration by creating an unsecured RavenDB server resource with default settings.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addRavenDB(name: string): RavenDBServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

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

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.ravendb/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)