Getting Started with Postgres Docker image

This command will download and run docker container

 sudo docker run --name dipen-postgres -p 5432:5432  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<your-password> -d postgres  

Note: username = postgres


To run the image and expose the port 5442 of docker image to host port

 sudo docker run -p 5432:5432 postgres   

If you need to download postgresql client

 sudo apt-get install postgresql-client  

To connect the postgres data hosted in docker container with psql client

 psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres  

https://docs.docker.com/samples/library/postgres/

https://zaiste.net/posts/docker_postgresql_how_to/


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

https://docs.docker.com/engine/examples/postgresql_service/#connecting-from-your-host-system