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Docker image for SuperTokens and PostgreSQL
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gem-hunterDocker image for SuperTokens and PostgreSQL
https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql-plugin/tree/master/.github/helpers/docker
# This will start with an in memory database.
$ docker run -p 3567:3567 -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresqlYou can use your own config.yaml file as a shared volume or pass the key-values as environment variables.
If you do both, only the shared config.yaml file will be considered.
Available environment variables
docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ -e POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_URI="postgresql://username:password@host:port/dbName" \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql # OR docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ -e POSTGRESQL_USER="postgresqlUser" \ -e POSTGRESQL_HOST="192.168.1.2" \ -e POSTGRESQL_PORT="5432" \ -e POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD="password" \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql
config.yaml file, please make sure you store the following key / values:
core_config_version: 0host: "0.0.0.0"postgresql_config_version: 0info_log_path: null (to log in docker logs)error_log_path: null (to log in docker logs)config.yaml file in the container is /usr/lib/supertokens/config.yamldocker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ -v /path/to/config.yaml:/usr/lib/supertokens/config.yaml \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql
docker logs <container-name> command.info_log_path and error_log_path variables in your config.yaml file (or passing the values asn env variables).docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ -v /path/to/logsFolder:/home/logsFolder \ -e INFO_LOG_PATH="/home/logsFolder/info.log" \ -e ERROR_LOG_PATH="/home/logsFolder/error.log" \ -e POSTGRESQL_USER="postgresqlUser" \ -e POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD="password" \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql
POSTGRESQL_USER, POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD, POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_FILE and POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_URI are not provided, then SuperTokens will use an in memory database./lib/supertokens/temp/docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ --mount source=/path/on/host/machine,destination=/lib/supertokens/temp/,type=bind \ --read-only \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql
docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ --tmpfs=/lib/supertokens/temp/:exec \ --read-only \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql
docker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ --sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=60 \ --sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=5 \ --sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=3 \ -d registry.supertokens.io/supertokens/supertokens-postgresql