diff --git a/containers/postgresql/Dockerfile b/containers/postgresql/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu
+
+RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys B97B0AFCAA1A47F044F244A07FCC7D46ACCC4CF8
+
+RUN echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes\
+    python-software-properties \
+    software-properties-common \
+    postgresql-9.3 \
+    postgresql-client-9.3 \
+    postgresql-contrib-9.3
+
+USER postgres
+
+RUN /etc/init.d/postgresql start && \
+    psql --command "ALTER USER postgres WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'password';"
+
+# Allow remote connections. 
+RUN echo "host all  all    0.0.0.0/0  md5" >> /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_hba.conf
+
+RUN echo "listen_addresses='*'" >> /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf
+
+# Expose the PostgreSQL port
+EXPOSE 5432
+
+VOLUME  ["/etc/postgresql", "/var/log/postgresql", "/var/lib/postgresql"]
+
+CMD ["/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres", "-D", "/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main", "-c", "config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf"]
diff --git a/containers/postgresql/Makefile b/containers/postgresql/Makefile
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+.PHONY: build
+build: ; docker build --rm -t postgres .
+
+.PHONY: run
+run: ; docker run --rm -p 5432:5432 --name postgres-server postgres
+
+.PHONY: stop
+stop: ; docker stop postgres-server
+
+.PHONY: rm
+rm: ; docker rm postgres-server
+
+.PHONE: rmi
+rmi: ; docker rmi postgres
+
+.PHONY: backup
+backupvol: ; docker run --volumes-from postgres-server -v /backup:/backup postgres tar cvf /backup/backup-postgres.tar /var/lib/postgresql
+
+.PHONY: restore
+restorevol: ; docker run --volumes-from postgres-server -v /backup:/backup postgres cd /var/lib/postgresql && tar xvf /backup/backup-postgres.tar
+