PostgreSQL

The World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database on FreeBSD.

Warning

Requires ocijail ≥ 0.6.0 (annotation support). This image needs the jail permission allow.sysvipc, applied via OCI annotations. FreeBSD quarterly ships ocijail 0.4.0, which has no annotation support — the container starts but the permission is silently dropped, so the app can crash or misbehave at runtime. Point your pkg repos at the latest branch (ocijail ≥ 0.6.0), then run with the annotation flag below. See the ocijail guide.

Port	5432
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres
Source	https://www.postgresql.org/
Website	https://www.postgresql.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
14 / 14-pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
14-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
15 / 15-pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
15-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
16 / 16-pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
16-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
17 / 17-pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
17-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
18 / 18-pkg / latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
18-pkg-latest / pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  postgres:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres:latest"
    container_name: postgres
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres  # Database superuser name (default: postgres)
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres  # Database superuser password
      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres  # Default database to create (default: same as user)
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS=  # Additional arguments for initdb
      - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=  # Authentication method (default: scram-sha-256)
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=postgres
POSTGRES_USER=postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
POSTGRES_DB=postgres
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS=
POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  postgres:
    name: postgres
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '5432:5432 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - POSTGRES_USER: !ENV '${POSTGRES_USER}'
        - POSTGRES_PASSWORD: !ENV '${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'
        - POSTGRES_DB: !ENV '${POSTGRES_DB}'
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: !ENV '${POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS}'
        - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: !ENV '${POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD}'
    volumes:
      - postgres: /var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
  postgres:
    device: '/path/to/containers/postgres'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres:${tag}
SET allow.sysvipc=1

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name postgres \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=postgres \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS= \
  -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD= \
  -v /path/to/containers/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="5432:5432 proto:tcp" \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=postgres \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS= \
  -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/postgres /var/lib/postgresql/data <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres:latest postgres

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy postgres
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: postgres
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/postgres:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "postgres"
      POSTGRES_DB: "postgres"
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: ""
      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: ""
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
POSTGRES_USER	postgres	Database superuser name (default: postgres)
POSTGRES_PASSWORD	postgres	Database superuser password
POSTGRES_DB	postgres	Default database to create (default: same as user)
PUID	1000
PGID	1000
TZ	UTC
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS	``	Additional arguments for initdb
POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD	``	Authentication method (default: scram-sha-256)

Volumes

Path	Description
/var/lib/postgresql/data	Database data directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
5432	TCP	PostgreSQL port

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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