How to customize the configuration file of the official PostgreSQL Docker image?

Question

I\'m using the official Postgres Docker image trying to customize its configuration. For this purpose, I use the command sed to change max_connections

Answer 1

I looked through all answers and there is another option left. You can change your CMD value in docker file (it is not the best one, but still possible way to achieve your goal).

Basically we need to

• Copy config file in docker container
• Override postgres start options

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Docker file example:

FROM postgres:9.6
USER postgres

# Copy postgres config file into container
COPY postgresql.conf /etc/postgresql

# Override default postgres config file
CMD ["postgres", "-c", "config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf"]

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Though I think using command: postgres -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.confin your docker-compose.yml file proposed by Matthias Braun is the best option.