Merge pull request #1242 from DavidVadnais/BUG-1230-postgresql-version-django-missmatch

BUG-1230 standalone postgresql v12-->v13

docs/standalone.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ You can find standalone docker images at `djangohelpdesk/standalone:latest <http
 
 You will also find an alternative `standalone-extras <https://hub.docker.com/r/djangohelpdesk/standalone-extras>`_ image with extra libraries needed to use the standalone image on cloud platforms such as AWS. You can find a full list of extra packages included in the extra's image `here <https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/blob/main/standalone/requirements-extras.txt>`_.
 
-Installation using docker-compose
+Installation using docker compose
 ------------
 
 1. Clone the django-helpdesk repository:
@@ -24,13 +24,19 @@ Installation using docker-compose
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
-    ./setup.sh
+      ./setup.sh
+
+   Set the POSTGRES major version if you are deploying to an existing POSTGRES instance other than the default shown within the docker-compose file. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      export POSTGRES_MAJOR_VERSION=15
    
 4. Start the services:
 
    .. code-block:: bash
    
-    docker-compose up
+    docker compose up
 
 
 Creating an Admin User

standalone/Dockerfile

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#see github workflows for docker build command
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye
 LABEL src=https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk
 RUN apt-get update
@@ -6,7 +7,10 @@ RUN apt-get install -yqq \
    postgresql-client \
    cron \
    git
-COPY . /opt/
+ 
+COPY django-helpdesk /opt/django-helpdesk
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip3 install packaging
 RUN pip3 install -r /opt/django-helpdesk/requirements.txt
 RUN pip3 install -r /opt/django-helpdesk/standalone/requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /opt/django-helpdesk

standalone/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 # Define named volumes
 volumes:
   caddy_data:
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ services:
       - postgres
 
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:12-bullseye
+    image: postgres:${POSTGRES_MAJOR_VERSION:-17}-bullseye
     volumes:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     env_file: docker.env