How to setup HAPI FHIR and Postgres in Docker

README.md

Start with a fresh folder and copy a hapi.properties into it. It will be mounted into the container.

Carefully make sure your hapi.properties looks like this:

# add postgres
datasource.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/hapi
hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL95Dialect
datasource.username=admin
datasource.password=admin
# comment out derby
# datasource.driver=org.h2.Driver
# datasource.url=jdbc:h2:file:./target/database/h2
# datasource.username=
# datasource.password=

...
###################################################
# Database Settings
###################################################
# comment this out
# hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect

Add the docker-compose below, and docker-compose up. Visit: http://localhost:8080/hapi-fhir-jpaserver/

To troubleshoot:

• Database stuff: Connect to the database at localhost:5432 using your tool of choice with user admin, pass admin, and to db hapi. Obviously, don't use the same settings in production.
• HAPI: Run docker ps to get your container id. Then run commands you need to in the running container like: docker exec <containerid> /bin/bash -c 'cat /usr/local/tomcat/conf/hapi.properties

docker-compose.yml

version: "3"
services:
  hapi-fhir-jpaserver-start:
    image: hapiproject/hapi:v4.2.0
    container_name: hapi-fhir-jpaserver-start
    restart: on-failure
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      - JAVA_OPTS='-Dhapi.properties=/usr/local/tomcat/conf/hapi.properties'
    volumes:
      - ./hapi.properties:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/hapi.properties
    depends_on:
      - db

  db:
    image: postgres
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: admin
      POSTGRES_USER: admin
      POSTGRES_DB: hapi
    # not needed for networking between containers but here for troubleshooting
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"