Docker setup

```
version: '3'

services:
db:
    image: postgres:12.9
    environment:
    PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
    POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
    POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
    # Un-comment to access the db service directly
#   ports:
#     - 5432:5432
    networks:
    - db
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
    - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

fusionauth:
    image: fusionauth/fusionauth-app:latest
    depends_on:
    - db
    environment:
    DATABASE_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/fusionauth
    # Prior to version 1.19.0, use this deprecated name
    # DATABASE_ROOT_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
    DATABASE_ROOT_USERNAME: ${POSTGRES_USER}
    DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
    # Prior to version 1.19.0, use this deprecated name
    # DATABASE_USER: ${DATABASE_USER}
    DATABASE_USERNAME: ${DATABASE_USERNAME}
    DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
    # Prior to version 1.19.0, use this deprecated names
    # FUSIONAUTH_MEMORY: ${FUSIONAUTH_MEMORY}
    # FUSIONAUTH_SEARCH_ENGINE_TYPE: database
    # FUSIONAUTH_URL: http://fusionauth:9011
    # FUSIONAUTH_RUNTIME_MODE: development
    FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY: ${FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY}
    FUSIONAUTH_APP_RUNTIME_MODE: development
    FUSIONAUTH_APP_URL: http://fusionauth:9011
    SEARCH_TYPE: database


    networks:
    - db
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
    - 9011:9011
    volumes:
    - fa_config:/usr/local/fusionauth/config

networks:
db:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
db_data:
fa_config:
```

coupled with a .env file:
```
POSTGRES_USER=postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
# Prior to version 1.19.0, using DATABASE_USER
DATABASE_USER=fusionauth
# >= 1.19.0, using DATABASE_USERNAME
DATABASE_USERNAME=fusionauth
DATABASE_PASSWORD=hkaLBM3RVnyYeYeqE3WI1w2e4Avpy0Wd5O3s3

ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx512m"

# Prior to version 1.19.0, using FUSIONAUTH_MEMORY
FUSIONAUTH_MEMORY=512M
# >= 1.19.0, using FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY
FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY=512M
```


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Last modified 22 March 2026