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Create postgres database in docker

Posted by Vikash on Saturday, Apr 1, 2023 Reading time: 1 Min

Create the postgresql container

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docker run -d --name postgres \
 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=RunningFlying2 \
 -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
 -v postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
 -p 5432:5432
 postgres:latest

Explaination:

The above command will create a container with latest version of Postgres.

Here are the container and postgres database details.

Container Name: postgres
Docker Volume: postgres_data
Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 5432
User: postgres
Password: RunningFlying2

That’s all for now.