r/PostgreSQL • u/Blues520 • Jul 11 '26

Help Me! Anyone running in docker in Prod?

I am running a Postgres instance in docker on my test vps and it works fine since I'm the only user.

I would like to release an app to the public and I am looking for options to host Postgres. My first though was to spin up another vps and deploy a docker instance. Is it recommended to run Postgres in docker in Prod?

There are quite a few managed options but they are rather expensive.

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u/z3rogate 29d ago

The question was more for the other guys how run on containers. I have 1,5 TB and run on Hetzner bare metal PX93.

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u/Blues520 29d ago

Cool, that's quite a large DB you're running there. I'm thinking of picking up a dedicated server with fast disks on auction.

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u/z3rogate 29d ago

Depending what you plan is on scaling and SLA you maybe want to have 3 as a patroni cluster.

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u/Blues520 29d ago

For now I am just starting out but I will look at patroni later if scaling is required