# Docker-compose phoenix postgresql

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**Tags:** docker, phoenix, postgres\
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Each service needs its own reference to environment variables. You’ll want to add it to the phoenix service too.

You could also put those ENV variables into a file, such as a `.env` file and then load it in both services with `env_file` in compose (instead of inlining and duplicating them with `environment`).

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