PostgreSQL 9.5 script to run a dockerized psql locally.

copy-config.sh

#!/bin/sh
# file: docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/copy-config.sh

SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"  )" && pwd  )"
cp $SCRIPT_DIR/postgresql.conf /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf

postgresql.conf

# file: docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/postgresql.conf
listen_addresses = '*'
log_timezone = 'GMT'
timezone = 'GMT'

run-psql.sh

#!/bin/bash

IMG="postgres:9.5"
NAME="postgresql-local"

start_fg() {
    mkdir -p volumes/{data,shared}  # create it to give myself write access
    docker run --name $NAME -it --rm \
        --volume `pwd`/volumes/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
        --volume `pwd`/volumes/shared:/shared \
        --volume `pwd`/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d \
        --volume /var/run/postgresql:/var/run/postgresql \
        --env POSTGRES_PASSWORD=random-password-here \
        --publish 5432:5432 \
        $IMG
}

run() {
    docker exec -i $NAME gosu postgres $@
}

shell() {
    docker exec -it $NAME gosu postgres bash
}

if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
    start_fg
else
    if [[ $1 == "bash" ]]; then shell; exit; fi;
    run $@
fi