From ca314429df7e4ed22ae84fb3e16488005cbc3d44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tianon Gravi Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:23:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for new postgres initdb logic --- postgres/content.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/postgres/content.md b/postgres/content.md index 6554998ff37e..60b77dcf09aa 100644 --- a/postgres/content.md +++ b/postgres/content.md @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This optional environment variable can be used to define another location - like # How to extend this image -If you would like to do additional initialization in an image derived from this one, add a `*.sh` script under `/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d` (creating the directory if necessary). After the entrypoint calls `initdb` to create the default `postgres` user and database, it will source any `*.sh` script found in that directory to do further initialization before starting the service. If you need to execute SQL commands as part of your initialization, the use of Postgres'' [single user mode](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/app-postgres.html#AEN90580) is highly recommended. +If you would like to do additional initialization in an image derived from this one, add a `*.sql` or `*.sh` script under `/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d` (creating the directory if necessary). After the entrypoint calls `initdb` to create the default `postgres` user and database, it will run any `*.sql` files and source any `*.sh` script found in that directory to do further initialization before starting the service. You can also extend the image with a simple `Dockerfile` to set the locale. The following example will set the default locale to `de_DE.utf8`: