# Dockerizing Postgres ``` docker run --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=YOURSECRETPASS -d -v /your/db/path:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres ``` then link other containers with this one using systemd: ``` [Unit] Description=Postgres container Requires=docker.service After=docker.service [Service] Restart=always ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker start -a postgres ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop -t 2 postgres [Install] WantedBy=local.target ```