postgresql-upgrade

About

Upgrade PostgreSQL database into another database using a simple docker run

Overview

It uses pg_upgrade binary from PostgreSQL docker image to upgrade.

It should work for any database version compliant with pg_uprgade

👍 Tested from 9.3+ to [10-14] and more

⚠️ pg_upgrade is not able to downgrade

Requirements

• Docker

Usage

This Docker image runs pg_upgrade as a default command.

Default command (CMD) can be overridden using psql or bash or any command available in official PostgreSQL docker image. In this case new database is initialized but pg_upgrade is not executed. (See troubleshooting section)

Either way, the command is run with postgres system user.

After successful upgrade, new database is available in the target folder. In any case source database is not modified.

PostgreSQL version, database encoding and locale are discovered from source database.

⚠️ Be sure to set PGUSER variable with an existing superuser in source database

Docker volumes for source and target are required. The source (old) folder should contain database to migrate. (See example below)

Variables:

• PGUSER (default postgres)
• PG_NEW (default 14)
• DB_INIT (default true)

Example

Let's say our source database is located in "/data/pg-old" and the target one built in "/data/pg-new". Upgrade to PostgreSQL v13 with "postgres" as a superuser.

docker run -t -i \
  -e PG_NEW=13 \
  -e PGUSER=postgres \
  -v /data/pg-old:/pg_old/data \
  -v /data/pg-new:/pg_new/data \
  barcus/postgresql-upgrade

:/pg_old/data ad :/pg_new/data should not be modified.

Build

Build your own image:

git clone https://github.com/barcus/postgresql-upgrade.git
cd postgresql-upgrade
docker build -t my-postgresql-upgrade .

Then use it:

docker run -t -i \
  -e PG_NEW=13 \
  -e PGUSER=postgres \
  -v /data/pg-old:/pg_old/data \
  -v /data/pg-new:/pg_new/data \
  my-postgresql-upgrade

Troubleshooting

Would like to use bash to debug? In this case target database is prepared but pg_upgrade is not ran.

docker run -t -i \
  -e PG_NEW=13 \
  -e PGUSER=postgres \
  -v /data/pg-old:/pg_old/data \
  -v /data/pg-new:/pg_new/data \
  barcus/postgresql-upgrade \
  /bin/bash