Merge pull request #989 from DeterminateSystems/docs/connect-local-db

docs: note how to connect to the database

doc/manual/src/hacking.md

@@ -69,3 +69,35 @@ To build Hydra and its dependencies:
 ```console
 $ nix-build release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
 ```
+
+## Development Tasks
+
+### Connecting to the database
+
+Assuming you're running the the default configuration with `foreman start`,
+open an interactive session with Postgres via:
+
+```console
+$ psql --host localhost --port 64444 hydra
+```
+
+### Runinng the builder locally
+
+For `hydra-queue-runner` to successfully build locally, your
+development user will need to be "trusted" by your Nix store.
+
+Add yourself to the `trusted_users` option of `/etc/nix/nix.conf`.
+
+On NixOS:
+
+```nix
+{
+  nix.trustedUsers = [ "YOURUSER" ];
+}
+```
+
+Off NixOS, change `/etc/nix/nix.conf`:
+
+```conf
+trusted-users = root YOURUSERNAME
+```