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+db.pgdump*
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+FROM postgres:8.4
+ADD init-db.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+ADD db.pgdump /tmp/db.pgdump
+ADD db.pgdump.globals /tmp/db.pgdump.globals
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# SPB Database Container
+
+This project allows the creation of a docker container running on Postgresql
+8.4 and populated with the provided SPB dump. This container already exposes
+the port 5432 so you may link it with other docker containers. If you wish to
+access the database from your host machine you still need to use the -p
+parameter to forward the port.
+
+## Building the image
+
+To build the image you need to provide 2 sql files:
+* db.pgdump: the plain sql from spb database which you can generate with a `pg_dump -t table1 -t table2 ... > db.pgdump`
+* db.pgdump.globals: the globals from the database which you can generate with a `pg_dumpall --globals-only > db.pgdump.globals`
+
+Then run:
+```shell
+# docker build . -t <image-name>
+```
+
+## Running the image
+
+To run the image you just need to execute:
+```shell
+# docker run -d <image-name>
+```
+
+The -d option will run the container as a daemon
+
+## Running the image to access it from the host machine
+
+```shell
+# docker run -d -p <container-port>:<host-port> <image-name>
+```
+
+Now you can access the database from your host machine on <host-port>.
+
+## Linking the container with other containers
+
+To link the container with other containers, run:
+```shell
+# docker run -d --name <alias> <image-name>
+```
+
+Now to connect this container with other container you just need to run:
+```shell
+# docker run -d --name <alias> <image-name>
+# docker run --link <alias>:<alias> <another-image>
+```
+
+After this, your second container will have access to the database through host
+defined as the environment variable `<ALIAS>_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR` and port
+`<ALIAS>_PORT_5432_TCP_PORT`.
+
+E.g: if I use the alias `db` for my database container, on the other container
+I would provided with `DB_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR` and `DB_PORT_5432_TCP_PORT`
+environment variables. With this information I could access the database with a simple:
+```shell
+$ psql -h "$DB_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR" -p "$DB_PORT_5432_TCP_PORT" -U postgres -d spb
+```
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+: ${DB_USER:=service0}
+: ${DB_NAME:=spb}
+: ${DB_ENCODING:=UTF-8}
+: ${DB_PG_DUMP_FILE:=/tmp/db.pgdump}
+: ${DB_PG_DUMP_GLOBALS_FILE:=/tmp/db.pgdump.globals}
+
+{ gosu postgres postgres --single -jE <<-EOSQL
+    CREATE USER "$DB_USER";
+EOSQL
+} && { gosu postgres postgres --single -jE <<-EOSQL
+    CREATE DATABASE "$DB_NAME" WITH OWNER="$DB_USER" TEMPLATE=template0 ENCODING='$DB_ENCODING';
+EOSQL
+} && { gosu postgres pg_ctl start -w && gosu postgres psql "$DB_NAME" -f "$DB_PG_DUMP_GLOBALS_FILE" && gosu postgres psql "$DB_NAME" < "$DB_PG_DUMP_FILE" && gosu postgres pg_ctl stop -w
+} && /bin/rm -f ${DB_PG_DUMP_FILE}
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