Easy Installation and Setup of PostgreSQL on Linux, OSX, & Windows
- 1. Easy PostgreSQL Installation & Setup Muhammad Haroon PUG meetup May 2016, Islamabad
- 2. $psql~#: d myself • Got first opportunity to play with PostgreSQL in 2006 @ EnterpriseDB • Headed Engineering & IT efforts @ IBEX Group • Worked in Senior Consultant position @ OpenSCG • Served as Principal Architect/Product Owner @ TRG • Working in PostgreSQL space @ 2ndQuadrant Email: haroon@2ndQuadrant.com Skype: contact.haroon
- 3. Agenda • PostgreSQL package resources • Installation & setup on popular platforms • Linux • OSX • Windows • Demo • Footprint • Important configs • Questions
- 4. PostgreSQL package resources • Native packages offered by respective platform • Native packages released by PostgreSQL community under the banner of PostgreSQL Global Development Group • Third party packages/bundles
- 5. Native package offered by respective platform • BSD • FreeBSD • OpenBSD • Linux • RHEL family (including CentOS/Fedora/Scientific/Oracle variants) • Debian & Derivatives • Ubuntu & Derivatives • SuSe/OpenSuSe
- 6. Native package offered by respective platform continued … • OSX • Default since OSX server 10.7 • Maintained by Apple • 10.7 ships with 9.0 (lags behind by quite a margin) • Minor updates are provided by Apple but not necessarily right after new PG minor release • Windows/Microsoft • does not offer any native PostgreSQL packages
- 7. Packages released by PGDG Packages released by PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) • Native Packages for Linux platforms • CentOS • Fedora • Scientific Linux • Oracle Enterprise Linux • Amazon Linux AMI • Debian • Ubuntu
- 8. Third party cross platform* packages and bundles (With some bells and whistles) • 2ndQuadrant • EnterpriseDB • OpenSCG * cross paltform packages may or may not integrate with native packaging system
- 9. Which one’s for me ? • Build from source … ? • Native packages … ? • Native PGDG packages …? • Third party cross platform packages …? * image courtesy unisci24.com
- 10. The easy way … ? www.PostgreSQL.org/download • Third party distributions • PostgreSQL Live CD (fedora based) • 2UDA (pronounced tudor) • BigSQL • TurnKey PostgreSQL (Ubuntu based live CD & appliance) • BitNami stacks (OS + Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL)
- 11. 2UDA available for download from ... PostgreSQL.org/download 2ndquadrant.com/en/resources/2uda/ • 2UDA (pronounced tudor) • Linux, OSX and Windows • Graphical and headless environment support • Integrates with native service control management system • Available in English, French, German, Italian, Slovenian & Spanish languages
- 12. • Installation on OSX • Installation on Windows • Installation on Linux (headless) Demo
- 13. Installation on OSX footprint & configs
- 15. Installation on Linux (headless)
- 16. Questions ? Need customized PostgreSQL suited to your needs? Looking for PostgreSQL training ? Need help migrating to PostgreSQL ? Need PostgreSQL production support ? Got specific PostgreSQL needs ? Looking for cloud and/or hybrid high availability clusters ? Let us help you! Email: haroon@2ndQuadrant.com Skype: contact.haroon