Setting up multiple Postgresql Instances with docker-compose

A simple setup when two Postgres databases prefilled with schema/data needed. docker-compose.yml version: '3.6' services: postgres1: image: postgres restart: always environment: - DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 - POSTGRES_USER=root - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=root - POSTGRES_DB=root ports: - "15432:15432" volumes: - ./postgres1-init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/docker_postgres_init.sql postgres2: image: postgres restart: always environment: - DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 - POSTGRES_USER=root - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=root - POSTGRES_DB=root ports: - "25432:25432" volumes: - ./postgres2-init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/docker_postgres_init.sql And our sample init scripts: CREATE USER tester WITH PASSWORD 'tester' CREATEDB; CREATE DATABASE testdb WITH OWNER = tester ENCODING = 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE = 'en_US.utf8' LC_CTYPE = 'en_US.utf8' TABLESPACE = pg_default CONNECTION LIMIT = -1; ...

February 8, 2022 · 1 min · 90 words · Micha Kops

Postgres Snippets

Administration & Configuration Connections Show Max Connections (value and source) SELECT setting, source, sourcefile, sourceline FROM pg_settings WHERE name = 'max_connections'; Set Max Connections ALTER system SET max_connections = 250; Kill Connections for a Database SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity -- we don't want to kill our own connection WHERE pid != pg_backend_pid() -- we don't want to kill connections to other databases AND datname = 'MYDATABASE' Show Statement Timeout Settings for All Users SELECT r.rolname, (SELECT unnest(s.setconfig) FROM pg_db_role_setting s WHERE s.setrole = r.oid AND s.setconfig::text LIKE '%statement_timeout%' LIMIT 1) AS statement_timeout FROM pg_roles r WHERE r.rolcanlogin ORDER BY r.rolname; ...

March 1, 2010 · 11 min · 2278 words · Micha Kops