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@@ -15,4 +15,21 @@ Create Icinga Director database
 
     mysql director < schema/mysql.sql
 
+Configure Icinga Web 2
+----------------------
 
+In your web frontend please go to System / Configuration / Resources and create
+a new database resource pointing to your newly created database. Last but not
+least you have to tell the director module to use this newly created database
+resource.
+
+Given that you named your resource `directordb` the `config.ini` for the module
+could look as follows:
+
+```ini
+[db]
+resource = directordb
+```
+
+This file is to be found in <ICINGAWEB_CONFIGDIR>/modules/director/, where
+ICINGAWEB_CONFIGDIR usually means /etc/icingaweb2.