4.8.0, 6 March 2012' GDAL='GDAL 1.10.1, released 6' LIBXML='2.9.1' LIBJSON='UNKNOWN' TOPOLOGY RASTER which seems to be alright. So I did that on a template table and running SELECT postgis_full_version() returns POSTGIS='2.1.3 r12547' GEOS='3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2 r3921' PROJ='Rel. Because of this I've read and read on the internet and the main root seemed to be that I didn't properly initialize PostGIS Extensions. I've constantly get the message: ERROR: type 'geometry' does not exist. However when adding the ddl for constructing the database I'm running into issues. Although constructing the image (and container) isn't that hard and works, based on off another PostGIS image. I'm trying to construct a Docker image with a PostgreSQL and PostGIS database for one of our products. Postgis installation: type “geometry” does not exist Type “geometry” does not exists This question already has an answer here: