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page_title: Dockerizing PostgreSQL
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page_description: Running and installing a PostgreSQL service
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page_keywords: docker, example, package installation, postgresql
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# Dockerizing PostgreSQL
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> **Note**:
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> - **If you don't like sudo** then see [*Giving non-root
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> access*](/installation/binaries/#dockergroup)
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## Installing PostgreSQL on Docker
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Assuming there is no Docker image that suits your needs on the [Docker
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Hub](http://hub.docker.com), you can create one yourself.
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Start by creating a new `Dockerfile`:
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> **Note**:
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> This PostgreSQL setup is for development-only purposes. Refer to the
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> PostgreSQL documentation to fine-tune these settings so that it is
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> suitably secure.
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#
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# example Dockerfile for http://docs.docker.com/examples/postgresql_service/
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#
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FROM ubuntu
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MAINTAINER SvenDowideit@docker.com
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# Add the PostgreSQL PGP key to verify their Debian packages.
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# It should be the same key as https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
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RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B97B0AFCAA1A47F044F244A07FCC7D46ACCC4CF8
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# Add PostgreSQL's repository. It contains the most recent stable release
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# of PostgreSQL, ``9.3``.
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RUN echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
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# Install ``python-software-properties``, ``software-properties-common`` and PostgreSQL 9.3
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# There are some warnings (in red) that show up during the build. You can hide
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# them by prefixing each apt-get statement with DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
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RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-software-properties software-properties-common postgresql-9.3 postgresql-client-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3
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# Note: The official Debian and Ubuntu images automatically ``apt-get clean``
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# after each ``apt-get``
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# Run the rest of the commands as the ``postgres`` user created by the ``postgres-9.3`` package when it was ``apt-get installed``
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USER postgres
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# Create a PostgreSQL role named ``docker`` with ``docker`` as the password and
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# then create a database `docker` owned by the ``docker`` role.
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# Note: here we use ``&&\`` to run commands one after the other - the ``\``
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# allows the RUN command to span multiple lines.
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RUN /etc/init.d/postgresql start &&\
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psql --command "CREATE USER docker WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'docker';" &&\
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createdb -O docker docker
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# Adjust PostgreSQL configuration so that remote connections to the
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# database are possible.
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RUN echo "host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5" >> /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_hba.conf
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# And add ``listen_addresses`` to ``/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf``
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RUN echo "listen_addresses='*'" >> /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf
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# Expose the PostgreSQL port
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EXPOSE 5432
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# Add VOLUMEs to allow backup of config, logs and databases
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VOLUME ["/etc/postgresql", "/var/log/postgresql", "/var/lib/postgresql"]
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# Set the default command to run when starting the container
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CMD ["/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres", "-D", "/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main", "-c", "config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf"]
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Build an image from the Dockerfile assign it a name.
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$ sudo docker build -t eg_postgresql .
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And run the PostgreSQL server container (in the foreground):
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$ sudo docker run --rm -P --name pg_test eg_postgresql
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There are 2 ways to connect to the PostgreSQL server. We can use [*Link
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Containers*](/userguide/dockerlinks), or we can access it from our host
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(or the network).
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> **Note**:
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> The `--rm` removes the container and its image when
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> the container exits successfully.
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### Using container linking
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Containers can be linked to another container's ports directly using
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`-link remote_name:local_alias` in the client's
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`docker run`. This will set a number of environment
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variables that can then be used to connect:
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$ sudo docker run --rm -t -i --link pg_test:pg eg_postgresql bash
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postgres@7ef98b1b7243:/$ psql -h $PG_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR -p $PG_PORT_5432_TCP_PORT -d docker -U docker --password
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### Connecting from your host system
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Assuming you have the postgresql-client installed, you can use the
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host-mapped port to test as well. You need to use `docker ps`
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to find out what local host port the container is mapped to
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first:
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$ sudo docker ps
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CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
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5e24362f27f6 eg_postgresql:latest /usr/lib/postgresql/ About an hour ago Up About an hour 0.0.0.0:49153->5432/tcp pg_test
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$ psql -h localhost -p 49153 -d docker -U docker --password
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### Testing the database
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Once you have authenticated and have a `docker =#`
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prompt, you can create a table and populate it.
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psql (9.3.1)
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Type "help" for help.
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$ docker=# CREATE TABLE cities (
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docker(# name varchar(80),
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docker(# location point
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docker(# );
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CREATE TABLE
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$ docker=# INSERT INTO cities VALUES ('San Francisco', '(-194.0, 53.0)');
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INSERT 0 1
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$ docker=# select * from cities;
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name | location
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---------------+-----------
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San Francisco | (-194,53)
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(1 row)
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### Using the container volumes
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You can use the defined volumes to inspect the PostgreSQL log files and
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to backup your configuration and data:
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$ sudo docker run --rm --volumes-from pg_test -t -i busybox sh
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/ # ls
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bin etc lib linuxrc mnt proc run sys usr
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dev home lib64 media opt root sbin tmp var
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/ # ls /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/
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environment pg_hba.conf postgresql.conf
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pg_ctl.conf pg_ident.conf start.conf
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/tmp # ls /var/log
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ldconfig postgresql
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