Let us set docker container names (not hostname) | Voters

Let us set docker container names (not hostname)

James Edwards

I want to

docker exec <postgres container> pg_dump

...to do that I'll have to write tedious code to find the container name. Feels harder than necessary. Should I just start the container with a manual

docker run

command instead of using the docker config section?

February 28, 2023

James Edwards

Some old advice in the forums recommended installing the postgresql_client linux package. I dislike this because it will be a waste of time to install it when those binaries already exist in the docker container, and the binaries in the docker container are guaranteed to be a compatible version.