Expected behavior Persist Postgres data in my host so data won’t be deleted every time I run a container. Actual behavior db_1 | FATAL: data directory “/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata” has wrong ownership db_1 | HINT: The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory. Info…

Using a volume for your postgresql data should do the trick. Sadly, all the mounts are made as root, thus any data mounted directly will belong to the root user.

I don’t get what you’ve said @greut . Isn’t it what I’m doing in my docker-compose.yml? [image] julianonunes: volumes: - d:/test/pgpersist:/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata

I have the same problem. I tried mounting a data volume, but no success. Here is my docker-compose file: version: '2' services: db: image: postgres volumes_from: - postgres_data web: build: . command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 volumes: - .:/code …

This problem is still present in beta19. By the way, it works if I create a volume without mounting a host directory like: services: db: image: postgres volumes: - /var/lib/postgresql/data

That’s probably because in this case the volume is created in a path owned by Docker (I think).

I am also experiencing this issue when attempting to run Postgres within a Docker container. I did a bit of digging and it appears that the Docker for Windows client (1.12.0-rc4-beta19) is mounting the volumes using CIFS and is passing a slew of options: //10.0.75.1/D /tmp/wtf cifs rw, relatime, v…

what you’re doing is a local volume (which will belong to root), use a docker data volume. What you’re doing is a host directory as a volume. https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/

But how do I create a data volume mapped to a local volume on Docker Compose? I need to persist the database server info so I don’t lose the information each time I run the container.

version: '2' services: db: image: postgres:9.4 volumes: - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data volumes: postgres:

Data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata" has wrong ownership

Docker Desktop

kiview (Kiview) July 16, 2016, 3:22am 8

This is not a problem if used with Docker Toolbox by the way.

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