PostgreSQL (CloudNativePG)

PostgreSQL on FreeBSD, compatible with the CloudNativePG Kubernetes operator. Includes pgvector, pgaudit, and pg_failover_slots.

Port	5432
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/cnpg-postgres
Source	https://www.postgresql.org/
Website	https://cloudnative-pg.io/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
17 / 17-standard	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
18 / 18-standard / latest / standard	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  cnpg-postgres:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/cnpg-postgres:latest"
    container_name: cnpg-postgres
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/cnpg-postgres/var/lib/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name cnpg-postgres \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' \
  -v /path/to/containers/cnpg-postgres/var/lib/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/cnpg-postgres:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy cnpg-postgres
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: cnpg-postgres
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/cnpg-postgres:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/cnpg-postgres/var/lib/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"

Parameters

Volumes

Path	Description
/var/lib/postgresql/data	Database data directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
5432	TCP	PostgreSQL port

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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