So I’m in the process of (re-) setting up my homelab and unsure about how to handle databases. Many images require a database, which the docker-compose usually provides inside the stack.

Now my question, shall I have 1 database container which is accessed by all containers? Or shall I have a separate container for each service?

For critical services, which shall have as few dependencies as possible I’m already using sqlite or a similar solution.

Also on a sidenote: I have two docker hosts, can I let the containers of 1 hypervisors use the same internal docker network?

TIA!

I agree with the posts above. Db per stack/service.

They are cheap, disposable, ring fenced from causing issues with other dB’s, exact version that has been tested on.

The list is endless. We’ll, I’m at my end.

Oo. Typically compose has everything you need prewritten including the db.

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