Running Databases in Containers: PostgreSQL and Redis

Running databases in containers

PostgreSQL and Redis are common in Kubernetes: use StatefulSet (or operators) for stable network IDs and PersistentVolumeClaims for data. Ephemeral containers lose data on restart—PVCs survive Pod rescheduling. Prefer managed databases when you lack DBA capacity; self-hosted needs backups, upgrades, and connection pooling (PgBouncer).

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