Docker can certainly work, but for any kind of production application don’t keep the storage inside of the containers. Take a look at the approach Crunchy Data (crunchydata.com) has done in their Kubernetes orchestrator for PostgreSQL clusters as a solid implementation example. Sarah Conway good a good presentation at PostgresOpn SV last September, it may be online somewhere.
> On Mar 21, 2019, at 04:28, M Jane <mskiesewetter@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I am investigating using Docker for our Postgresql databases and I have rad a lot of oppinions on forums. > The main thing that comes up is how to persist the data, and that it is not advised to run production with docker. > I would like your advise. > What is your experience with Docker and databases? > What is the best practise to do this? > Your help is much appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > regards, > Marian