$ docker run -d --name db postgres fb08c3d5d9081350f8bc4f9de40d7a31f014c3e1c83382bcc9868eff84a42116 $ docker run --link db:db -i -t postgres psql -h db -U postgres psql (9.3.5) Type "help" for help. postgres=# \l List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges -----------+----------+-----------+---------+-------+----------------------- postgres | postgres | SQL_ASCII | C | C | template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII | C | C | =c/postgres + | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII | C | C | =c/postgres + | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres (3 rows)