try new approach

.gitignore

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 # Ignore files in the data/private subdirectory
 /data/private
 
+# Ignore postgresql data from the local environment
+/data/postgres-my-library-nyc-app
+
 # Elastic Beanstalk Files
 .elasticbeanstalk/*
 !.elasticbeanstalk/*.cfg.yml

Dockerfile

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 # Set base image and working directory
 FROM ruby:3.3
 
-# Use baseimage-docker's init process.
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/my_init.d
-ADD ./provisioning/docker_build/00-create-databases.sh /etc/my_init.d/00-create-databases.sh
-CMD ["/sbin/my_init"]
-
 # Install necessary packages, including curl and PostgreSQL client
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y \
   curl \

docker-compose.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
+      - '3000:3000'
     environment:
       - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
       - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
@@ -13,27 +13,31 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       - elasticsearch
+    command: >
+      bash -c "
+      RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:set_up_for_local;
+      RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rake db:set_up_for_local;
+      bundle exec rails server -b 0.0.0.0
+      "
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:13
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
     volumes:
-      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - './data/postgres-my-library-nyc-app:/var/lib/postgresql/data'
     ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
+      - '5432:5432'
 
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.10.0
     environment:
       - discovery.type=single-node
     ports:
-      - "9200:9200"
+      - '9200:9200'
     volumes:
-      - esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+      - 'esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data'
 
 volumes:
-  pgdata:
   esdata:
-

lib/tasks/db_set_up_for_local.rake

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace :db do
+  desc "Setup the database if it doesn't exist"
+  task set_up_for_local: :environment do
+    env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
+
+    if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.database_exists?
+      puts "#{env.capitalize} database already exists"
+    else
+      puts "Setting up #{env} database..."
+      Rake::Task["db:create"].invoke
+      Rake::Task["db:schema:load"].invoke
+      Rake::Task["db:seed"].invoke if env == 'development'
+    end
+  end
+end
+