Re: PassFile in docker compose?

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 9:59 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:57 AM Zoltan Albert <znalbert(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to use docker compose to spin up postgres and pgAdmin
>> services, and the only sticking point is a minor one: I can't seem to get
>> the PassFile to work.
>>
>> I wonder if it's not possible because of the following note at the bottom
>> this page of the pgAdmin docs
>> https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/4.23/server_dialog.html:
>>
>> ```
>>
>> Note
>>
>> The password file option is only supported when pgAdmin is using libpq
>> v10.0 or later to connect to the server.
>> ```
>>
> That won't be an issue if you're using dpage/pgadmin4 (or any of the
> installers/packages built by the pgAdmin team).
>
> My guess would be that you've not got the permissions or ownership of the
> pgpassfile correct so libpq is just ignoring it. It needs to be mode 0600
> and owned by 5050:5050.
>
> I have no idea how you make that happen in Docker Compose though.
>

It turns out that others have got this to work though - you can find an
example here: https://github.com/asaikali/docker-compose-postgres

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