Versions
18-alpine · 17-alpine · 16-alpine
Image
postgres
Ports
5432 Connections
Memory
512 MB suggested — no limit unless you set one
/marketplace/postgres
PostgreSQL. The relational database most applications should start with.
SQL, transactions, JSON columns, full-text search and a very long list of extensions. If you are not sure which database you need, it is this one. Its credentials are generated and kept as secrets. Daily backups into one of your buckets, with restore.
- Relational
- PostgreSQL License
- Created from the Databases page
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL License
What installing it does
- Opens the New database page with this engine chosen — reviewed before it is created
- Versions 18-alpine · 17-alpine · 16-alpine
- 1 secret generated and kept encrypted
- Keeps its data in 1 volume — kept across redeploys
- Opens nothing to the internet
/the-engine
PostgreSQL, described once. Nothing to guess.
The relational database most applications should start with.
Credentials
Generated, typed by you, or one of your shared secrets — kept encrypted as a secret, the password masked wherever it is shown.
Backups
A dump taken inside the running database, on a plan you choose, into your own bucket — or a copy of its folders.
Restores from
- A pg_dump file in custom format (pg_dump --format=custom) — what a dump here makes
- Plain SQL — from pg_dump, or any .sql file
- Plain SQL, gzip-compressed
| Variable | What it is |
|---|---|
POSTGRES_USER | The user your applications connect as. It owns the database. |
POSTGRES_PASSWORD | That user’s password. Kept as a secret. |
POSTGRES_DB | The database created on first start. |
PGDATA | Where the files go: a folder inside the volume, so the volume’s own root is never the data directory. |
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGSoptional | Extra arguments for initdb when the database is first created. |
TZoptional | The time zone the server reports times in. |
/works-well-with
Next to it on the shelf.
/start
Run PostgreSQL on your own server.
Request early access. The listing is free — you pay for the server it runs on, by the hour.