A set of command-line BASH scripts to build, run, stop, or remove a Postgresql server and database in a docker container. [1].

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Pre-Requisites:

Mac or Windows:

On Mac and Windows users, do easy install of Docker Desktop for Mac or Windows, Docker Compose is included as part of those desktop installs.

Linux Systems:

1. Step 1 — Install Docker

Instructions are at https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04

2. Step 2 — Install Docker Compose

Instructions are at https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#install-compose

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HOW to use:

1. Clone or Download this repo to an empty local folder of your choosing.
2. From the terminal cd into the newly created folder
3. Make the Start, Stop, and Remove scripts executable.

sudo chmod +x Start.sh Stop.sh Remove.sh

4. Create a database server ... and connect to database, (Create and connect to new database if it does not exist):

./Start.sh

5. Stop the database instance and close database connection (SAFE: data will be persisted across complete machine restarts)

./Stop.sh

6. Remove the datafile permanently (the database will be completely removed)

./Remove.sh

NOTE:

Even if you remove the database, ... a re-run of ./Start.sh will reconstruct the database to it's initial state.

References

[1] Postgres official docker image