Testcontainers module for PostgresSQL
You can start a PostgreSQL container instance from any Java application by using:
Container creation inside_block:container
See Database containers for documentation and usage that is common to all relational database container types.
- PostgreSQL:
jdbc:tc:postgresql:9.6.8:///databasename - PostGIS:
jdbc:tc:postgis:9.6-2.5:///databasename - TimescaleDB:
jdbc:tc:timescaledb:2.1.0-pg13:///databasename - PGvector:
jdbc:tc:pgvector:pg16:///databasename
See JDBC for documentation.
PostgreSQLContainer can also be used with the following images:
Using pgvector inside_block:pgvectorContainer
Using PostGIS inside_block:postgisContainer
Using TimescaleDB inside_block:timescaledbContainer
Add the following dependency to your pom.xml/build.gradle file:
=== "Gradle"
groovy testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers-postgresql:{{latest_version}}"
=== "Maven"
xml <dependency> <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId> <artifactId>testcontainers-postgresql</artifactId> <version>{{latest_version}}</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.