Run PostgreSQL in docker

Overview

1) Setting up

Get docker

https://www.docker.com/get-docker

Go to terminal to prove the install succeeded.

docker --help

Get postgres image to use in docker.

https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres

docker pull postgres:alpine

This is the smallest postgres install image to use for testing.

2) Start docker postgres container

docker run --name any_image_name -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mypassword -d -p 5432:5432 postgres

-> -e creates an environment variable

-> -p 5432:5432 exposes port 5432 to external to the container

3) Test docker image with psql

Link to my …

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