Setting up PostgreSQL Locally with Docker

Running Postgres with Docker Compose

To develop locally, running Postgres in Docker is the standard way to ensure environmental parity.

docker-compose.yml

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: user
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
      POSTGRES_DB: mydb