Installation Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install postgresql

Installation RHEL / CentOS / Fedora

yum install postgresql postgresql-server
chkconfig postgresql on
service postgresql start

Initial Setup

Connect to the template1 DB using the postgres user:

sudo -u postgres psql template1

Set a pass for the 'postgres' user. Users in postgres are called 'roles':

alter user postgres with password 'passhere';
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Create DB:

sudo -u postgres createdb dbnamehere

Re-enter the psql terminal:

sudo -u postgres psql dbnamehere

Create a user and give it full permissions to the DB:

create user usernamehere with password 'passhere';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE dbnamehere to username;

By default the psql terminal uses your shell username for the user, in which case the following command can be used to connect to your new DB:

psql dbnamehere

Allow remote connections

Add/uncomment the following line in your postgresql.conf file. Located as /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf or /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/postgresql.conf in most packages.

listen_addresses = '*'
port = 5432

Edit your pg_hba.conf to allow remote connections from this user. Located as /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf or /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf. Add the following line, replacing the network range with your network:

host   dbnamehere   username  10.0.0.0/24

Restart server to apply changes: Debian / Ubuntu: sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart RHEL / CentOS / Fedora:sudo service postgresql restart

Safer way to restart than init.d

pg_ctl -D <psql data dir> -m immediate restart

Category:PostgreSQL