# Go language-specific guide — Configure the database engine

> Now that the database engine is live, there is some configuration to do before your application can begin using it.

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Now that the database engine is live, there is some configuration to do before your application can begin using it. Fortunately, it's not a lot. You must

Create a blank database. Register a new user account with the database engine. Grant that new user access rights to the database.

You can do that with the help of CockroachDB built-in SQL shell. To start the SQL shell in the same container where the database engine is running, type

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker exec -it roach ./cockroach sql --insecure
```

In the SQL shell, create the database that the example application is going to use

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```sql
   CREATE DATABASE mydb;
```

Register a new SQL user account with the database engine. Use the username totoro.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```sql
   CREATE USER totoro;
```

Give the new user the necessary permissions

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```sql
   GRANT ALL ON DATABASE mydb TO totoro;
```

Type quit to exit the shell.

The following is an example of interaction with the SQL shell.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ sudo docker exec -it roach ./cockroach sql --insecure
#
```

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