Quick example of how to set up a Docker container with Postgresql, using the Spotify Docker Java client. This supposes a running Docker installation on your local computer, for example using boot2docker. import com.google.common.base.Strings; import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort; import com.spotify.docker.client.DefaultDockerClient; import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerCertificateException; import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerClient; import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerException; import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.ContainerConfig; import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.ContainerCreation; import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.ContainerInfo; import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.HostConfig; import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.SQLException; @Slf4j public abstract class PostgresContainerExample { public static Connection setUpDbContainer() throws SQLException { try { // This will only work with the DOCKER_HOST environment variable set final DockerClient docker = DefaultDockerClient.