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Postgres Module

See Database containers for documentation and usage that is common to all relational database container types.

Compatible images

PostgreSQLContainer can also be used with the following images:

PostgreSQLContainer<?> pgvector = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("pgvector/pgvector:pg16")
PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgis = new PostgreSQLContainer<>(
    DockerImageName.parse("postgis/postgis:16-3.4-alpine").asCompatibleSubstituteFor("postgres")
)
PostgreSQLContainer<?> timescaledb = new PostgreSQLContainer<>(
    DockerImageName.parse("timescale/timescaledb:2.14.2-pg16").asCompatibleSubstituteFor("postgres")
)

Adding this module to your project dependencies

Add the following dependency to your pom.xml/build.gradle file:

testImplementation "org.testcontainers:postgresql:1.19.7"
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
    <version>1.19.7</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Hint

Adding this Testcontainers library JAR will not automatically add a database driver JAR to your project. You should ensure that your project also has a suitable database driver as a dependency.