Specifying catalog for database files Docker docker run --name habr-pg-17 -p 6432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=habrpguser -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pgpwd4habr -e POSTGRES_DB=habrdb -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata -d -v "/absolute/path/to/directory-with-data":/var/lib/postgresql/data -v "/absolute/path/to/directory-with-init-scripts":/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d postgres:17.6-alpine3.22 Auto-detect current directory (for macOS and Linux) docker run --name habr-pg-17 -p 6432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=habrpguser -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pgpwd4habr -e POSTGRES_DB=habrdb -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata -d -v "$(pwd)":/var/lib/postgresql/data -v "$(pwd)/../2. Init Database":/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d postgres:17.6-alpine3.22 Docker Compose Start docker-compose --project-name="habr-pg-17" up -d Stop docker-compose --project-name="habr-pg-17" down Explore volumes List all volumes docker volume ls Delete specified volume docker volume rm habr-pg-17_habrdb-data