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Basic Descriptive Works

• Write a summary of why PostgreSQL + PostGIS is an important factor in a GIS stack.
• Write a summary of what Docker is and why Docker should be used to containerise PostgreSQL (with PostGIS)

Environment Setup

• Install Docker on your local machine
• Get familiar with some basic Docker commands (docker run, docker pull, docker stop, docker ps, etc)

Creating the container

• Create a volume to persist your data
• Create a database container
• Start the container
• Connect to the containerised database using QGIS or PgAdmin and add some data to the database

Submit

• Add all of your code/documentation to a github repo and submit the link

(An example: https://alexurquhart.com/post/set-up-postgis-with-docker/)

You make also make use of docker-compose.