docs: usage section

jmikedupont · Nov 29, 2013 · b6e4421 · b6e4421
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@@ -8,12 +8,24 @@ This Dockerfile creates a container running PostGIS 2.1 in PostgreSQL 9.3
 - initializes a database in `/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main`
 - superuser in the database: `docker/docker`
 
+
 ## Install
 
-- `docker build -t postgis:2.1 .` or `docker build -t postgis:2.1 https://github.com/helmi03/docker-postgis.git`
+- `docker build -t postgis:2.1 .` or `docker build -t postgis:2.1 github.com/helmi03/docker-postgis.git`
 - `docker run -d postgis:2.1`
 
 
+## Usage
+
+To connect to database, use docker inspect CONTAINER and grep IPAddress, e.g.
+
+```
+CONTAINER=$(sudo docker run -d -t helmi03/postgis)
+CONTAINER_IP=$(sudo docker inspect $CONTAINER | grep IPAddress | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d ',"')
+psql -h $CONTAINER_IP -p 5432 -U docker -W postgres
+```
+
+
 ## Persistance
 
 You can mount the database directory as a volume to persist your data:
@@ -34,3 +46,4 @@ Build width docker version `0.7.0`
 
 - Docker index: [helmi03/postgis](https://index.docker.io/u/helmi03/postgis/)
 - [stigi/dockerfile-postgresql](https://github.com/stigi/dockerfile-postgresql)
+- [Docker PostgreSQL Service](http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/examples/postgresql_service/)