Postgresql Installation using source code in
linux
Package Requirements :
1. Make
2. GCC c compiler
3. Tar
4. Readline,readline-devel
5. Zlib,zlib-devel
6. Bison
7. flex
Optional
Libperl
Phyton
Tcl
Gettext
Kerberos, openssl, openldap, pam
User
default / de facto standar for software owner is postgres, used to running the process as a user, this
postgres user also different from super user on postgreSQL instance
[root@localhost ~]# useradd postgres
[root@localhost ~]# passwd postgres
Changing password for user postgres.
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Installaer file Download software source code
There is 3 files, file source code file in .tar.gz format, a md5 file, an a sha256 file
postgresql-9.5.3.tar.gz.md5
postgresql-9.5.3.tar.gz.sha256
postgresql-9.5.3.tar.gz
extract source code file and go to directory
Program Installation step
1. run ./configure , this step is used to check the environment if any library need to be install first
[root@localhost postgresql-9.5.3]# ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
~~
config.status: linking src/backend/port/dynloader/linux.h to src/include/dynloader.h
config.status: linking src/include/port/linux.h to src/include/pg_config_os.h
config.status: linking src/makefiles/Makefile.linux to src/Makefile.port
[root@localhost postgresql-9.5.3]#
If you see above output then configure step is ok and no problem
2. running command make , this with compile the source code
make[2]: Leaving directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/src/test/regress'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/src'
make -C config all
make[1]: Entering directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/config'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/config'
All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
3. Running command make install, default installation path will be in /user/local/pgsql
make[1]: Entering directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/config'
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/config'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 ./install-sh '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/config/install-sh'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 ./missing '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/config/missing'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/source/postgresql-9.5.3/config'
PostgreSQL installation complete.
4. DO initDB to create data directory and starting postgresql instance to start up
As root create pgdata directory
Mkdir /pgdata
Chown R postgres:postgres /pgdata
Su postgres
[postgres@localhost bin]$ ./initdb -D /pgdata
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres".
This user must also own the server process.
~~
WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections
You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the option -A, or
--auth-local and --auth-host, the next time you run initdb.
Success. You can now start the database server using:
./pg_ctl -D /pgdata -l logfile start
5. Running the process using pg_ctl command
Start instance
[postgres@localhost bin]$ ./pg_ctl -D /pgdata start
server starting
[postgres@localhost bin]$ LOG: database system was shut down at 2016-06-03 00:44:47 WIB
LOG: MultiXact member wraparound protections are now enabled
LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
LOG: autovacuum launcher started
6. Check if process started
Using root
Ps ef |grep postgres
[root@localhost local]# ps -ef |grep postgres
root 18475 3757 0 00:39 pts/1 00:00:00 su - postgres
postgres 18476 18475 0 00:39 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash
postgres 18621 1 0 00:46 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /pgdata
postgres 18623 18621 0 00:46 ? 00:00:00 postgres: checkpointer process
postgres 18624 18621 0 00:46 ? 00:00:00 postgres: writer process
postgres 18625 18621 0 00:46 ? 00:00:00 postgres: wal writer process
postgres 18626 18621 0 00:46 ? 00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
postgres 18627 18621 0 00:46 ? 00:00:00 postgres: stats collector process
root 18641 3895 0 00:47 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postgres
