Docker Postgres Local Setup

docker-postgres-local-setup.md

Steps to setup local docker postgres

1. Create a directory to store postgres data

mkdir -p ${HOME}/postgres-data/

2. Run postgres image

docker run -d \
--name dev-postgres
-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Pass2020!
-v ${HOME}/postgres-data/:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
-p 5432:5432
postgres

3. Check that the container is running

docker ps

4. Run instance of PostgreSQL

docker exec -it dev-postgres bash