Postgres Setup with Docker Compose

Postgres Setup

Include a docker-compose.yml. Based on initial seed or postgres data, uncomment and use it.

version: '3.8'

services:
  postgres:
    container_name: ${POSTGRES_CONTAINER_NAME}
    image: postgres:12
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
#      - ./init-data.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-data.sql
    ports:
      - "${POSTGRES_PORT}:5432"

volumes:
    postgres-data:

Include a .env file with following variables.

POSTGRES_DB=db
POSTGRES_USER=user
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
POSTGRES_CONTAINER_NAME=postgres
POSTGRES_PORT=5432

Include a init-data.sql for seeding data if needed.

Run docker-compose up -d to start the container.