Initializing Postgres database at startup Docker docker run --name habr-pg-16 -p 6432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=habrpguser -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pgpwd4habr -e POSTGRES_DB=habrdb -d -v "/absolute/path/to/directory-with-init-scripts":/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d postgres:16.1-alpine3.18 Auto-detect current directory (for macOS and Linux) docker run --name habr-pg-16 -p 6432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=habrpguser -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pgpwd4habr -e POSTGRES_DB=habrdb -d -v "$(pwd)":/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d postgres:16.1-alpine3.18 Run psql psql -U habrpguser -d habrdb Docker Compose Start docker-compose --project-name="habr-pg-16" up -d Stop docker-compose --project-name="habr-pg-16" down