Installing with PostgreSQL

Warning

When upgrading postgresql major versions, manual steps are required Postgres#37.

PostgreSQL might be considered if you need to support many concurrent users. In addition, some features are only enabled on PostgreSQL, such as fuzzy search.

For Environment Variable Configuration, see Backend Configuration

services:
  mealie:
    image: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:v3.3.1 # 
    container_name: mealie
    restart: always
    ports:
        - "9925:9000" # 
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 1000M # 
    volumes:
      - mealie-data:/app/data/
    environment:
      # Set Backend ENV Variables Here
      ALLOW_SIGNUP: "false"
      PUID: 1000
      PGID: 1000
      TZ: America/Anchorage
      BASE_URL: https://mealie.yourdomain.com
      # Database Settings
      DB_ENGINE: postgres
      POSTGRES_USER: mealie
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mealie
      POSTGRES_SERVER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
      POSTGRES_DB: mealie
    depends_on:
      postgres:
        condition: service_healthy

  postgres:
    container_name: postgres
    image: postgres:17
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - mealie-pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mealie
      POSTGRES_USER: mealie
      PGUSER: mealie
      POSTGRES_DB: mealie
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 3

volumes:
  mealie-data:
  mealie-pgdata: