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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you want to connect to a postgres server, you need to pass an extra environme
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If you want to connect to an **external database server**, you can use either the IP address or the DNS as `POSTGRES_DB_HOST`. For instance, if the server is running on `mydns.net`, on port `5434`, the username is `postgres` and the password is `mysecretpassword`:
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```console
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-$ docker run --name geonetwork -d -p 8080:8080 -e POSTGRES_DB_HOST=mydns.net -e POSTGRES_DB_PORT=5434 -e POSTGRES_DB_USERNAME=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword geonetwork:postgres
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+$ docker run --name geonetwork -d -p 8080:8080 -e POSTGRES_DB_HOST=mydns.net -e POSTGRES_DB_PORT=5434 -e POSTGRES_DB_USERNAME=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e POSTGRES_DB_NAME=mydbname geonetwork:postgres
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```
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If are want to **run postgres on a container**, you can use the container name as `POSTGRES_DB_HOST`: just make sure that containers can discover each other, by **running them in the same user-defined network**. For instance, you can create a bridge network:
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@@ -33,5 +33,14 @@ $ docker run --name some-postgres --network=mynet -d postgres
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And then you could launch geonetwork, making sure you join the same network, and setting the required environment variables, including the `POSTGRES_DB_HOST`:
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```console
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-$ docker run --name geonetwork -d -p 8080:8080 --network=mynet -e POSTGRES_DB_HOST=some-postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PORT=5432 -e POSTGRES_DB_USERNAME=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword geonetwork:postgres
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+$ docker run --name geonetwork -d -p 8080:8080 --network=mynet -e POSTGRES_DB_HOST=some-postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PORT=5432 -e POSTGRES_DB_USERNAME=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e POSTGRES_DB_NAME=mydbname geonetwork:postgres
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```
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+#### Configuration environment variables
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+These are some environments variables that can be set to configure the database connection:
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+* `POSTGRES_DB_HOST`: database host name.
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+* `POSTGRES_DB_PORT`: port where database server is listening (by default `5432`).
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+* `POSTGRES_DB_NAME`: name of the database. If it doesn't exists the container will try to create it.
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+* `POSTGRES_DB_USERNAME`: username.
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+* `POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD`: password.
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