Basic command to run with Postgress Container


Basic command to run with Postgress Container

Basic command to run with Postgress Container

Connect to the database itself

If we want to intect with our database we need to interact with postgres database first

docker exec -it postgres psql -Upostgress

Create user and database with all privileges entering the container

docker exec -it postgres bash

psql -Upostgress

CREATE USER platops WITH PASSWORD 'platops';
CREATE DATABASE platopsdb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE platopsdb TO platops;

Run psql commands without entering the container

  • To run psql
docker exec -it postgres psql -U platops
  • Create a database
docker exec -it postgres psql -U platops -c "create database platops"
  • Run Select Query
docker exec -it postgres psql -Upostgres -a platops -c 'SELECT * FROM posts;'

Import or Export with psql CLI

  • Backup Database
docker exec -t postgres pg_dumpall -c -U platops > dump_`date +%d-%m-%Y"_"%H_%M_%S`.sql
  • Restore Databases
cat dump.sql | docker exec -i postgres psql -U postgres

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