From 2861dd86ac48ed5061685b28ac1d2a0249ad2c1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: waltherman <40035024+waltherman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:11:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Create 007-Install-postgres-on-docker.md

Hello again! It is me (again) :)
This is a small guide to dockerize postgresql. I saw linux and mac guides here, but this would be useful on any platform.
Issue #157.
Please take a look.
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+id: 007-Install-postgres-on-docker.md
+title: how to run PostgreSQL on Docker
+tags: 
+  - databases
+  - docker
+  - pgsql
+  - postgres
+author: waltherman
+meta-description: Short guide to run pgsql database in Docker container
+date: 2021-10-14 21:10:00 +0300 
+keywords: docker, pgsql, postgres, postgresql, 
+template: post
+categories:
+  - databases
+cover: ../../images/categories/databases.png
+---
+
+# PostgreSQL database in Docker
+
+Sometimes it is needed to have a local copy of production database or to have a specific pgsql version for dev and test purposes. This small guide will help with it.
+
+## Steps to reproduce
+
+Create local folder for database files:
+```
+$ mkdir /var/postgres-data/
+```
+Or you could use path like ${HOME}/postgres-data/, your choise.
+
+Now we start container by command:
+```
+$ docker run -d \
+	--name pgsql_for_website \
+	-
+	-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Password312 \
+	-v /var/postgres-data/:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
+        -p 5432:5432
+        postgres
+```
+
+OR you could create dockerfile for PostgreSQL container. Something like this:
+
+```
+version: '3.7'
+services:
+  db:
+    container_name: pgsql_for_website
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Password312
+      POSTGRES_DB: pgdb
+    volumes:
+      - /var/postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+```
+
+and run it:
+```
+$ docker-compose -f compose-postgresql.yml up -d
+```
+
+Check that container is running:
+```
+$ docker ps
+```
+If you have a lot of containers in output, use grep:
+```
+$ docker ps | grep postgre
+```
+Output will be like:
+```
+$ docker ps | grep postgre
+d63fe2debc4e      postgres:12-alpine      "docker-entrypoint.s…"   5 min ago      Up 5 min      0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp   pgsql_for_website
+```
+
+Connect to pgsql container with bash and then psql:
+```
+$ docker exec -it pgsql_for_website bash
+$ psql -h localhost -U postgres
+```
+
+To migrate database from other database you need to create a DB dump:
+```
+$ pg_dump --username [username] [database name] > pgdump.sql
+```
+
+And restore it to created container as it would be done to any PostgreSQL server:
+```
+$ psql -h [host with pgsql container address] -d [database name] --username [username] -f pgdump.sql
+```
+In our case it would be:
+```
+$ psql -h [host with pgsql container address] -d pgdb --username postgres -f pgdump.sql
+```
+
+At last, connection string would looks like:
+```
+postgres://postgres:Password312@[host with pgsql container address]:5432/pgdb
+```
+
+And for deletion you could use next commands:
+```
+$ docker container stop pgsql_for_website 
+$ docker container rm pgsql_for_website
+```
+Or
+```
+$ docker container rm -f pgsql_for_website
+```
+Output would contain deleted container name.