# pgSQL root access - without? (docker)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940 "2021-04-07T18:30:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lejeczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lejeczek)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940/1 "2021-04-07T18:30:50Z")
Hi guys.
I’m trying to have Discourse to use already up&running, a remote pgSQL server (over which I don’t have admin control, though I can talk to the admin)
Question - is it possible, while deploying with/in Docker container, to set up Discourse without giving out pgSQL root/admin?
Are there any consideration in such a scenario?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940/2 "2021-04-07T18:44:12Z")
What do you mean by “pgSQL root” ?
The PostgreSQL user supplied to Discourse doesn’t need to be a “SUPERUSER” as long as your prepare it before hand as documented in [Running Discourse with a separate PostgreSQL server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-a-separate-postgresql-server/46375)
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### Author:  [@lejeczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lejeczek)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940/3 "2021-04-14T09:52:54Z")
Does the same apply when deploying in docker?
Can we, in docker, when deploying also tell Discourse to use external both pgSQL and Redis?
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgsql-root-access-without-docker/185940/4 "2021-04-14T10:03:37Z")
Yes You can do that by defining the external Postgres & redis parameters in the yml refer [Configure Discourse to use a separate PostgreSQL server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-a-separate-postgresql-server/46375)