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Add configuration documentation for new database.backend setting (#934)

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@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ For convenience, here's a list of all the relevant environment variables (docume
`BIGCHAINDB_KEYPAIR_PUBLIC`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_KEYPAIR_PRIVATE`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_KEYRING`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_BACKEND`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_PORT`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_NAME`<br>
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```
## database.host, database.port & database.name
## database.backend, database.host, database.port & database.name
The RethinkDB database hostname, port and name.
The database backend to use (e.g. RethinkDB) and its hostname, port and name.
**Example using environment variables**
```text
export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_BACKEND=rethinkdb
export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST=localhost
export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_PORT=28015
export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_NAME=bigchain
@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_NAME=bigchain
**Example config file snippet**
```js
"database": {
"backend": "rethinkdb",
"host": "localhost",
"port": 28015,
"name": "bigchain"
@ -99,12 +102,16 @@ export BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_NAME=bigchain
**Default values (a snippet from `bigchaindb/__init__.py`)**
```python
'database': {
"backend": "rethinkdb",
'host': os.environ.get('BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost'),
'port': 28015,
'name': 'bigchain',
}
```
**Note**: As of now, only RethinkDB ("rethinkdb") is supported as a value for `database.backend`. In
the future, other options (e.g. MongoDB) will be available.
## server.bind, server.workers & server.threads