external-postgres-and-redis

External Postgres and Redis — No Proxy

Minimal Docker footprint — only NocoDB containers. All backing services are managed externally.

• PostgreSQL: External managed database with SSL
• Redis: External (e.g., ElastiCache, Memorystore, Azure Cache)
• Proxy: None — NocoDB exposed on port 8080 (put behind your own LB/proxy)

Usage

cp -r examples/external-postgres-and-redis ./my-deployment
cd my-deployment
# Edit docker.env — set NC_REDIS_URL
# Edit nocodb/db.json — set your database host, credentials, and port
docker compose up -d

Redis URL format

redis://host:port
redis://:password@host:port
rediss://:password@host:port   # TLS

Scaling

With external databases, you can scale NocoDB horizontally by increasing the replica count:

deploy:
  mode: replicated
  replicas: 3

Ensure your load balancer distributes traffic across all replicas.