Backup/Restore a dockerized PostgreSQL database

Question

I\'m trying to backup/restore a PostgreSQL database as is explained on the Docker website, but the data is not restored.

The volumes used by the database image are:<

Answer 1

Another approach (based on docker-postgresql-workflow)

Local running database (not in docker, but same approach would work) to export:

pg_dump -F c -h localhost mydb -U postgres export.dmp

Container database to import:

docker run -d -v /local/path/to/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres #ex runs container as `CONTAINERNAME` #find via `docker ps`
docker run -it --link CONTAINERNAME:postgres  --volume $PWD/:/tmp/  postgres  bash -c 'exec pg_restore -h postgres -U postgres -d mydb -F c /tmp/sonar.dmp'