# Setting up Elixir with Dockerized PostgreSQL

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/setting-up-elixir-with-dockerized-postgresql/60854>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** docker, phoenix, postgres\
**Created:** [January 9, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/setting-up-elixir-with-dockerized-postgresql/60854 "2024-01-09T07:17:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/setting-up-elixir-with-dockerized-postgresql/60854/6 "2024-01-09T09:36:19Z")

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If your elixir application is not in container, then the only way is to expose the port and connect on localhost, just as it was mentioned previously by others.

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