AidboxDB
This topic explains the configuration and internals of aidboxdb image
AidboxDB image is a custom build of open source PostgreSQL database. Aidbox uses it as data storage. The image can be pulled from HealthSamurai dockerhub.
docker run \
-v "$(pwd)"/pgdata:/data/pg \
-e POSTGRES_USER='postgres' \
-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD='pass' \
-e POSTGRES_DB='aidbox' \
-e PGDATA="/data/pg" \
healthsamurai/aidboxdb:15.2
The AidboxDB image use cases are:
- To initialize and run a master database for Aidbox to work with
- To initialize and run a streaming replica
- Optimized FHIR search queries
- Backup and maintenance extensions
AidboxDB image is tagged by PostgreSQL version from which it is built. For example, if you want to use 14.5 PostgreSQL version you should pull healthsamurai/aidboxdb:14.5 image.
List of additional availiable extensions:
The image is configured by supplying environment variables and command line arguments on startup. Keep in mind that you should not change the environment variables once you have initialized the database. The image expects them to be immutable.
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