To deploy ParadeDB via Docker, pull and run the paradedb/paradedb image locally. This is the recommended deployment method for testing and hobby deployments. We do not recommend running the ParadeDB Docker image in production, as it does not provide high availability.

docker run \
  --name paradedb \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=myuser \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mypassword \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=mydatabase \
  -v paradedb_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/ \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  -d \
  paradedb/paradedb:latest

You may replace myuser, mypassword, and mydatabase with whatever values you want. These will be your database connection credentials.

The paradedb/paradedb:latest tag uses Postgres 17. Docker images are available for Postgres 14+. To specify a different Postgres version, please refer to the available tags on Docker Hub.

To connect to ParadeDB, install the psql client and run

docker exec -it paradedb psql -U myuser -d mydatabase -W