Dockerized PostgreSQL Database Backup Setup And Automation

Set up PostgreSQL with Docker, automate backups & store securely using Docker Compose, pg_dump, cron & cloud storage.

For setting up and managing a Dockerized PostgreSQL Database Backup. We’ll cover how to create a PostgreSQL container, automate backups, and store them securely.

  
  
  Part 1: Setting up PostgreSQL with Docker


Create a Docker Compose file
Docker Compose is an easy way to manage multi-container applications. Let’s create a docker-compose.yml file to set up PostgreSQL.


   version: '3.8'
   services:
     postgres:
       image: postgres:13
       container_name: postgres_db
       environment:
         POSTGRES_USER: myuser
         POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mypassword
         POSTGRES_DB: myda...

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