How to Give A Postgres User SuperUser Previllege Through docker-compose?

Question

This is my docker-compose file section for postgres container. These settings are fine, but my django app requires this user to have superuser previlleges through this command inside postgresql.

ALTER ROLE project_admin SUPERUSER;

How can this be accomodated inside this docker-compose file?

 db:
  image: postgres:latest
  container_name: project-db
  environment:
   - POSTGRES_USER='project_admin'
   - POSTGRES_PASS='projectpass'
   - POSTGRES_DB='project'

In Docker Hub, PostgreSQL state clearly for POSTGRES_USER and I quote "This variable will create the specified user with superuser power and a database with the same name". So why do you need to alter the role of 'project_admin' to be a superuser when in the docker compose is already a superuser? — Nader Belal, Aug 10 '22 at 17:21

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '19 at 05:42

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You need to save your command as a script say ./scripts/01_users.sql:

ALTER ROLE project_admin SUPERUSER;

Then your docker-compose:

...
 db:
  image: postgres:latest
  container_name: project-db
  environment:
   - POSTGRES_USER='project_admin'
   - POSTGRES_PASS='projectpass'
   - POSTGRES_DB='project'
  volumes:
   - ./scripts/:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/

This will run the script at startup and alter your user's privileges.

answered May 22 '19 at 05:42

Mihai

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Thanks Mihai, one more thing. Do I need to turn executable bit on this script or would it run anyway? – Sollosa May 22 '19 at 06:00
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It's .sql so it runs anyway – Mihai May 22 '19 at 06:06

How to Give A Postgres User SuperUser Previllege Through docker-compose?

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