cannot authenticate with postgres - postgresql

I'm trying to connect to running postgres container with psql:
docker pull postgres
docker run -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -d postgres
C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin>psql <myUserName>
Password for user <myUserName>:
at this point I type the given password, in this case just password and get the error
psql: error: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "<myUserName>"
What am I doing incorrectly ?

When you use docker run -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -d postgres, the POSTGRES_PASSWORD would be set for user postgres as default. you can specify your user with POSTGRES_USER environment.
Second thing is that when you run a postgresql container and don't bind any ports for that, you can't connect to that container from outside. So you won't being able to connect to your container with pure pqsl command. Here you have 3 way to connect to your container:
1- Use docker run -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 -d postgres to run container, then connect to it with psql -h <YOUR_IP> -p 5432 -U <USERNAME>
2- Get your container ip with docker inspect <CONTAINER_NAME> command, then connect to it with psql -h <CONTAINER_IP> -U <USERNAME>
3- Use psql inside your container with docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> psql -U <USERNAME>

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Attempt to connect from SpringBoot to docker-postgres failed

I have created a docker container based on a postgres image.
Which I try to connect to from a Spring Boot application with no success.
The user is 'postgres', and the password 'password'.
(I don't have anything from Docker Compose, nor do I know if it's necessary.)
I would appreciate any help
Finally solved:
Remove all previous containers.
Create new container. This time using port 5433 and expecifying the postgres user.
docker run --name container-postgres-1 -p 5433:5432 -v "C:\volumen-docker-1:/var/lib/postgresql/data" -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -d postgres:13.9-alpine3.17
Create the database bootifyone.
docker exec -it container-postgres-1 bash
psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres
CREATE DATABASE bootifyone;
Using this connection URL in the application.properties:
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5433/bootifyone

Docker Postgres - error while creating a database and user

I use the official Postgres image from the Docker Hub
docker pull postgres
I start my container in my machine on local:
docker run --name some-postgres -e POSTGRES_USER=user -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_DB=test postgres
The container would have to create my test base with my user on port 542
I have this error when I want to connect on my db
$ sudo docker run -it postgres /bin/bash
root#ef4407c26a96:/# su postgres
postgres#ef4407c26a96:/$ psql
psql: error: could not connect to server: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
postgres#ef4407c26a96:/$
Please provide the database that you want to connect to. As you've provided POSTGRES_DB=test, use it when you wish to connect to psql:
psql -d test -U user
Also, I was able to connect with psql both as root and postgres user.

How can I connect to Postgres database in the container via port 5432

I am running a postgres docker container by using the commands below: (reference: https://docs.docker.com/engine/examples/postgresql_service/)
docker build -t eg_postgresql .
docker run --rm -P --name pg_test eg_postgresql
This works but the port number is dynamic. I can connect to the database by giving the port number. (the port I see in docker ps command)
I would like to connect to this docker database from Python so I need a static port number.
I tried the parameters below:
-p 127.0.0.1:5432:5432
-p 5432:5432
In that case, the docker container's port number was set as 5432. However, I could not connect to the database. I get docker user does not exist error message.
What is your advice?
I took the Dockerfile from the link you posted. After building the container with
docker build -t eg_postgresql .
I started the container with
docker run --rm -p 5432:5432 --name pg_test eg_postgresql (which binds localhost port 5432 to the container port 5432)
and then I tried to connect with
psql -h localhost -p 5432 -d docker -U docker --password
It works like a charm. If you get a message that docker user does not exist please double check that all steps from the Dockerfile are executed succesfully during the docker build command as the creation of the docker user is done in the command RUN /etc/init.d/postgresql start &&\
psql --command "CREATE USER docker WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'docker';" &&\
createdb -O docker docker. Make also sure that you have no PostgreSQL server running on your localhost so that you can be sure that you are trying to connect to PostgreSQL inside the container.

psql can not access Postgres running in a Docker container

I have successfully built a postgres-based Docker image that enables PostGIS:
The I run it:
docker run -d -t -p 5432:5432 -v ./data:/data --name postgis-osm-pgrouting -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres pamtrak06/postgis-pgrouting-osm bash
However, when I try to connect to the database via psql:
psql -h localhost -p 5432 postgres
I get an error:
psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly
This probably means the server terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.
I am a beginner with the port forwarding, but it looks like a port-related issue to me.
Any ideas?
To access an application from within your container you need to first "attach" to that container.
You can do so by running the command:
docker exec -it container_name sh
What this command does is it runs the command sh inside the container container_name
It will prompt a shell terminal where you can now run your psql command like this:
psql -U postgres
Where here you're running psql with the user postgres (default authorized user for psql)
try this
docker run -d -t -p 5432:5432 -v $PWD/data:/data --name postgis-osm-pgrouting -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres pamtrak06/postgis-pgrouting-osm
and then
psql -h localhost -p 5432 postgres
You've got:
psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
Is the server running on host "192.168.99.101" and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
So apply [Configure PostgreSQL to accept TCP/IP connections][https://www.mozmorris.com/2011/11/15/configure-postgresql-to-accept-tcpip-connections.html], but not in production, for tests purpose only !
And override your Dockerfile with this configuration

How to move postgres into docker container?

I usually attach to postgres by typing in the terminal:
psql -U user db
I want to move postgres into docker container:
docker run -v /var/lib/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql -p 5432:5432 postgres
Then I run command and have an error:
psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U user
psql: FATAL: role "user" does not exist
I expected that -v /var/lib/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql will make possible to reach db by user. But it doesn't happen. How to make it correctly?