From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:43:21 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: postgresql/README.md: Mention volume-mounts and setup
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postgresql/README.md: Mention volume-mounts and setup

Without a host-mounted volume for /var/lib/postgresql I filled up the
10GB dm block allocated by Docker v0.7.2.
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diff --git a/postgresql/README.md b/postgresql/README.md
index ea70519..065e6e6 100644
--- a/postgresql/README.md
+++ b/postgresql/README.md
@@ -46,5 +46,22 @@ You can also access it from unlinked containers:
 Basically, anyone with access to the `docker0` bridge has access to
 the client's port.
 
+If you're going to be loading a large database ([devicemapper only
+supports 16GB][devicemapper-size-limit]), you may want to
+[volume-mount] the database.  Grab the configured stuff we'll want to
+mount:
+
+    # docker run -d -name postgresql-0 wking/postgresql
+    # docker cp postgresql-0:/var/lib/postgresql/ /var/lib/
+    # mv /var/lib/postgresql/ /var/lib/postgresql-0
+    # docker kill postgresql-0
+    # docker rm postgresql-0
+
+And run future containers with:
+
+    $ docker run -d -name postgresql-0 -v /var/lib/postgresql-0:/var/lib/postgresql wking/postgresql
+
 [PostgreSQL]: http://postgresql.io/
 [linking]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/port_redirection/#linking-a-container
+[devicemapper-size-limit]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+[volume-mount]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/working_with_volumes/#mount-a-host-directory-as-a-container-volume