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PostgreSQL installation and setup

This chapter provides information about installing and setting up PostgreSQL.

Install PostgreSQL database

Before You Begin

Read the security recommendations for the PostgreSQL database in section About security recommendations.

Procedure
    Step 1   Enter these commands to sign in to the database server as a Postgres user:

    >su - postgres

    >psql

    Step 2   Create a new database user. The example below creates a new database user called "tcuser":

    #CREATE ROLE tcuser LOGIN CREATEDB;

    Note   

    If you deploy PostgresSQL version 8.4.x, you need to configure the database user as a superuser at this point in the procedure, for example:

    #ALTER ROLE tcuser WITH SUPERUSER;

    Step 3   Create the database.

    If your database will contain ASCII characters only, create the database with SQL_ASCII encoding. If your database will contain non-ASCII characters, create the database with UTF8 encoding.

    The example below creates an SQL_ASCII database called "tcmadb".

    #CREATE DATABASE tcmadb WITH OWNER tcuser ENCODING 'SQL_ASCII';

    Step 4   Configure user access to the database. Edit the <install_dir>/data/pg_hba.conf file to allow the Postgres user and the new ‘tcuser’ user to access the database.

    For example:

    # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
    host tcmadb tcuser 10.89.99.0/24 password
    host dbinst mauser 10.89.99.0/24 password
    Step 5   Enter these commands to define passwords for the Postgres and 'tcuser' users:

    #ALTER ROLE postgres WITH PASSWORD 'mypassword';

    #ALTER ROLE tcuser WITH PASSWORD 'mypassword';

    Note   

    You are required to enter a password for the database user when you configure an external database entry on IM and Presence.

    Step 6   If you are running PostgreSQL version 8.3.7 or a later 8.3.x release, change the permission of the ‘tcuser’ to superuser to allow this user access to the database. Enter this command:

    #ALTER ROLE tcuser WITH SUPERUSER;

    Step 7   Configure the connections to the database from remote hosts. Edit the listen_addresses parameter in the <install_dir>/data/postgresql.conf file. For example:

    listen_addresses = '*'

    Step 8   If you are running PostgreSQL version 9.1.1, you must set the following values in the postgresql.conf file:

    escape_string_warning = off

    standard_conforming_strings = off

    Step 9   Stop and restart the PostgreSQL service, for example:

    /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop

    /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start

    Note   

    The commands to stop and start the PostgreSQL service may vary between PostgreSQL releases.

    Step 10   Enter these commands to sign in to the new database as the Postgres user and enable PL/pgSQL:

    >psql tcmadb -U postgres

    #CREATE FUNCTION plpgsql_call_handler () RETURNS LANGUAGE_HANDLER AS '$libdir/plpgsql'

    LANGUAGE C;

    #CREATE TRUSTED PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql HANDLER plpgsql_call_handler;

    Troubleshooting Tips

    Do not turn on the following configuration items in the <install_dir>/data/postgresql.conf file (by default these items are commented out):

    client_min_messages = log

    log_duration = on

    Related Information

    Set up PostgreSQL listening port


    Note

    This section is optional configuration.

    By default, the Postgresql database listens on port 5432. If you want to change this port, you must edit the PGPORT environment variable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql with the new port number.


    Note

    The PGPORT environment variable overrides the ‘Port’ parameter value in the /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf file, so you must edit the PGPORT environment variable if you want the Postgresql database to listen on a new port number.

    Procedure
      Step 1   Edit the PGPORT environment variable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql with the new port, for example:

      IE: PGPORT=5555

      Step 2   Enter these commands to stop and start the PostgreSQL service:

      # /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start

      # /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop

      Step 3   Confirm that the Postgresql database is listening on the new port using this command:

      'lsof -i -n -P | grep postg'

      postmaste 5754 postgres 4u IPv4 1692351 TCP *:5555 (LISTEN)

      Step 4   To connect to the database after you have changed the port, you must specify the new port number in the command using the -p argument. If you do not include the -p argument in the command, the Postgresql database will attempt to use the default port of 5432, and the connection to the database will fail.

      For example:

      psql tcmadb -p 5555 -U tcuser