sierratecnologia/pgadmin4 repository overview

⁠pgAdmin 4

This is a simple Docker image for running pgAdmin 4 in a container. It is not intended for production use (it runs in "desktop mode", so authentication is disabled).

⁠Example use

⁠Quick start

To see this image in action, run the following command;

$ docker run --rm -p 5050:5050 thajeztah/pgadmin4

This starts a one-off container in non-detached mode, and container logs are printed in your terminal. After the container has finished starting, visit http://[your-docker-host]:5050 in your browser to try pgAdmin 4.

To exit and remove the container, press CTRL+C in your terminal.

⁠Practical example

This example uses a custom network, and runs a PostgreSQL container.

# create a custom network for easier connecting
$ docker network create pg

# start a postgres container
$ docker run -d -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password --net pg --name postgres postgres

# start pgAdmin container
$ docker run -d -p 5050:5050 --name pgadmin --net pg thajeztah/pgadmin4

Now visit http://[your-docker-host]:5050 in your browser. You can add the postgres database (hostname is postgres, password is password) to test if everything is working.

⁠Persistent data

Persistent data is stored in a volume, located at /pgadmin/. This allows you to upgrade the container to a new version without losing configuration.

The following directories can be found inside the volume;

• /pgadmin/config/pgadmin4.db - SQLite configuration database
• /pgadmin/storage/ - other storage

You can override the storage location by setting the PG_ADMIN_DATA_DIR environment variable

⁠Unprivileged user

pgAdmin runs as an unprivileged user (pgadmin) with uid:gid 1000:50. The uid:gid is selected for compatibility with Docker Toolbox, and allows you to bind-mount a local directory inside the container for persistent storage

For example, to bind-mount the /Users/me/pgadmin directory as storage directory;

$ docker run -d -p 5050:5050 -v /Users/me/pgadmin:/pgadmin thajeztah/pgadmin4

⁠Run the image with a read-only filesystem

This image can be run with a read-only filesystem. To do so, specify the --read-only flag when starting the container.

$ docker run -d -p 5050:5050 --name pgadmin --read-only thajeztah/pgadmin4

⁠Runtime configuration

This image can be configured at runtime, by setting environment variables;

• PG_ADMIN_DATA_DIR directory to use for storing data (defaults to /pgadmin/)
• PG_ADMIN_PORT port to listen on (defaults to 5050)
• DEBUG enable debug mode (detaults to False)

More information on pgAdmin 4 development can be found here;

• https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgadmin4.git;a=summary⁠
• https://www.pgadmin.org⁠