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

This is the command worked for me.

cat your_dump.sql | sudo docker exec -i {docker-postgres-container} psql -U {user} -d {database_name}

for example

cat table_backup.sql | docker exec -i 03b366004090 psql -U postgres -d postgres

Reference: Solution given by GMartinez-Sisti in this discussion. https://gist.github.com/gilyes/525cc0f471aafae18c3857c27519fc4b