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Postgresql Installation Steps

This document provides instructions for installing PostgreSQL 9.4 on CentOS 6 and 7 using Yum. It describes how to add the PostgreSQL repository, install the postgresql94-server package, initialize the database, start the service, and access the PostgreSQL prompt. It also covers creating users and databases, setting passwords, and configuring the server to accept TCP/IP and MD5 encrypted connections.

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Postgresql Installation Steps

This document provides instructions for installing PostgreSQL 9.4 on CentOS 6 and 7 using Yum. It describes how to add the PostgreSQL repository, install the postgresql94-server package, initialize the database, start the service, and access the PostgreSQL prompt. It also covers creating users and databases, setting passwords, and configuring the server to accept TCP/IP and MD5 encrypted connections.

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Install Postgresql Using Yum

Install PostgreSQL
Go to the PostgreSQL repository download page, and add the PostgreSQL 9.4 repository depending
upon your server architecture.
For CentOS 6.x 32bit:
rpm -Uvh http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-6-i386/pgdg-centos94-9.41.noarch.rpm
For CentOS 6.x 64bit:
rpm -Uvh http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos94-9.41.noarch.rpm
For CentOS 7 64bit:
rpm
-Uvh
http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-7-x86_64/pgdg-centos94-9.41.noarch.rpm

Update the repository list using command:


yum update

Now, Install postgresql with the following command:


yum install postgresql94-server postgresql94-contrib
Initialize postgresql database using following command:
On CentOS 6.x systems:
service postgresql-9.4 initdb
On CentOS 7 systems:
/usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/postgresql94-setup initdb

Then, start postgresql service and make it to start automatically on every reboot.
On CentOS 6.x systems:
service postgresql-9.4 start
chkconfig postgresql-9.4 on
On CentOS 7 systems:
systemctl enable postgresql-9.4
systemctl start postgresql-9.4

Access PostgreSQL command prompt


The default database name and database user are postgres. Switch to postgres user to perform
postgresql related operations:
su - postgres

To login to postgresql, enter the command:


psql

Sample Output:
psql (9.4.0)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=#

To exit from posgresql prompt, type \q following by quit to return back to the Terminal.

Set postgres user password


Login to postgresql prompt,
su - postgres
psql

.. and set postgres password with following command:


postgres=# \password postgres
Enter new password:
Enter it again:
postgres=# \q

To install PostgreSQL Adminpack, enter the command in postgresql prompt:


postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION adminpack;
CREATE EXTENSION

Create New User and Database


For example, let us create a new user called senthil with password centos, and database called
mydb.
Switch to postgres user:
su - postgres

Create user senthil.


$ createuser senthil

Create database:
$ createdb mydb

Now, login to the psql prompt, and set password and Grant access to the database mydb for senthil:
$ psql
psql (9.4.0)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# alter user senthil with encrypted password 'centos';
ALTER ROLE
postgres=# grant all privileges on database mydb to senthil;
GRANT
postgres=#

Delete Users and Databases


To delete the database, switch to postgres user:
su - postgres

Enter command:
$ dropdb <database-name>

To delete a user, enter the following command:


$ dropuser <user-name>

Configure PostgreSQL-MD5 Authentication


MD5 authentication requires the client to supply an MD5-encrypted password for authentication. To
do that, edit /opt/PostgreSQL/9.4/data/pg_hba.conf file:
vi /opt/PostgreSQL/9.4/data/pg_hba.conf

Add or Modify the lines as shown below


[...]
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS

METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only


local all all md5
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all all 192.168.1.0/24 md5
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 md5
[...]

Restart postgresql service to apply the changes:

On CentOS 6.x systems:


service postgresql-9.4 restart
On CentOS 7 systems:
systemctl restart postgresql-9.4

Configure PostgreSQL-Configure TCP/IP


By default, TCP/IP connection is disabled, so that the users from another computers cant access
postgresql.
To
allow
to
connect
users
from
another
computers,
Edit
file
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.4/data/postgresql.conf:
vi /opt/PostgreSQL/9.4/data/postgresql.conf

Find the lines:


[...]
#listen_addresses = 'localhost'
[...]
#port = 5432
[...]

Uncomment both lines, and set the IP address of your postgresql server or set * to listen from all
clients as shown below:
listen_addresses = '*'
port = 5432

Restart postgresql service to save changes:


On CentOS 6.x systems:
/etc/init.d/postgresql-9.4 restart
On CentOS 7 systems:
systemctl restart postgresql-9.4

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