# Running `postgres` in a container

## Docker

## Singularity

mkdir -p $HOME/code/postgres/data
mkdir -p $HOME/code/postgres/run
cd -p $HOME/code/postgres/
singularity build postgres.sif docker://postgres:14.0

You will need to setup a password before you proceed

export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password

and then start the server

singularity run -B data:/var/lib/postgresql/data -B run:/var/run/postgresql postgres.sif