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fix(PostgreSql): Support SSL with Alpine images and non-root users - #1790

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What does this PR do?

Makes WithSsl independent of the user ID that runs PostgreSQL. The certificates are now mapped to /etc/ssl/postgresql with the default owner and mode instead of the fixed UID/GID 999. When SSL is enabled, the builder overrides the entrypoint with a small shell wrapper that copies the certificates to /var/run/postgresql/ssl with mode 600 as the user that starts the container, changes the owner to postgres if that user is root, and then runs docker-entrypoint.sh. The ssl_*_file settings point to the copies, and an entrypoint set with WithEntrypoint is left untouched. New tests cover an Alpine image and a non-root user, and the docs describe the entrypoint behavior.

Why is it important?

PostgreSQL only accepts a private key owned by the user that runs the server. The module hard-coded the owner 999, which is the postgres user of Debian-based images only. On Alpine the user ID is 70, and a container running as another non-root user has yet another ID, so the server cannot read the key and does not start. Copying the certificates at startup gives them the right owner without knowing the ID. The copies go into a subdirectory of the socket directory because the server user can always write there, and it avoids a publicly writable path such as /tmp.

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  • Improvements
    • PostgreSQL SSL certificate setup now supports Alpine images and containers running as a non-root user.
    • With a custom entrypoint, copy certificates from /etc/ssl/postgresql to /var/run/postgresql/ssl and restrict access to the PostgreSQL user.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified certificate handling with default and custom entrypoints.

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Walkthrough

PostgreSQL TLS certificates now map to temporary paths and are copied to the runtime directory by a default entrypoint when no custom entrypoint is configured. The test setup adds Alpine and non-root fixtures. Documentation describes certificate handling with a custom entrypoint and expands contractions in three API pages.

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PostgreSQL SSL handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Certificate mapping and entrypoint
src/Testcontainers.PostgreSql/PostgreSqlBuilder.cs, docs/modules/postgres.md
TLS files map to temporary paths. The default entrypoint copies them to /var/run/postgresql/ssl, sets file mode 600, changes ownership when running as root, and runs docker-entrypoint.sh. The documentation describes the custom-entrypoint case.
Alpine and non-root test fixtures
tests/Testcontainers.PostgreSql.Tests/Dockerfile, tests/Testcontainers.PostgreSql.Tests/PostgreSqlContainerTest.cs
The Dockerfile adds a pinned PostgreSQL Alpine stage. New fixtures run the shared SSL verification tests against that stage, including with the container user set to postgres.

API documentation wording

Layer / File(s) Summary
Expanded contractions in API documentation
docs/api/create_docker_image.md, docs/api/create_docker_network.md, docs/api/wait_strategies.md
Three API documentation pages replace contractions with expanded wording. The stated behavior remains unchanged.

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Change: Bug fix

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The mapped private key remains readable by group and other users if its directory permits traversal. Since that access is unresolved, possible key exposure should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge.

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Keep the default fixture on the existing image.

The Alpine stage is final. PostgreSqlDefaultFixture calls TestSession.GetImageFromDockerfile() without a target, so Docker selects the Alpine stage. The default fixture no longer covers the existing PostgreSQL image.

Give the existing stage a name and select it in the default fixture, or make the existing stage final.

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Review comment at @tests/Testcontainers.PostgreSql.Tests/Dockerfile at line 2:
Keep PostgreSqlDefaultFixture using the existing PostgreSQL image: make the
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Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.PostgreSql/PostgreSqlBuilder.cs:
- Line 173: Update the certificate-key handling in the PostgreSqlBuilder chain
around WithResourceMapping so the mapped source is removed or restricted after
copying, rather than remaining readable by other container users; preserve the
wrapper’s ability to read the copied key when running as a non-root user.

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Review comments at @tests/Testcontainers.PostgreSql.Tests/Dockerfile:
- Line 2: Keep PostgreSqlDefaultFixture using the existing PostgreSQL image:
make the existing image stage final in the Dockerfile, or name that stage and
update the fixture’s Dockerfile image selection to target it instead of the
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