i can only find psql command, but can't find any other postgres commands or tools, can
anyone tell me how to create database and connect to it using the default postgres
shipped with mac lion?
only if it doesn't work ,i dont' want to install another postgres instance.
PostgreSQL will be started by Launchd, if configured so.
Look for /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postgresql.postgres.plist, this is an XML file and you will need to modify some settings there, like listen_address.
Default location for the PGDATA files is /var/pgsql, also found in the plist file above.
Cluster is owned by the _postgres user, so to access the “tools”, you should execute them via the sudo -u _postgres … prefix, like: sudo -u _postgres pg_ctl -D /var/pgsql -w start
I highly recommend creating another role with superuser permissions, as _postgres is sharing password with the Administrator account of your Lion.
You can also use the Server Admin tools for Lion to control PostgreSQL and other services:
sudo serveradmin list
# look for postgres in the output
sudo serveradmin fullstatus postgres
sudo serveradmin stop postgres
sudo serveradmin start postgres
Check the version of your PostgreSQL cluster, using: sudo -u _postgres psql -tc "select version()" and refer to the official manuals on how to create the database and setup initial access. Manual for the latest PostgreSQL version can be found here.
If you do not have the software installed, I strongly recommend the Enterprise DB package. It makes installing pretty darn easy.
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I already have postgresql installed (psql (PostgreSQL) 13.4) and the local server set-up on my windows machine (along with pgAdmin4), and already have some databases in it.
I've recently installed WSL and planning on using it instead of windows+bash going forward. Hence I'm installing postgresql 13 for WSL. I follow https://pgdash.io/blog/postgres-13-getting-started.html for the installation:
# add the repository
> sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list <<END
> deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ focal-pgdg main
> END
# get the signing key and import it
> wget https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc sudo apt-key add
> ACCC4CF8.asc
# fetch the metadata from the new repo
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-13
It installed postgres with psql --version = psql (PostgreSQL) 13.4 (Ubuntu 13.4-1.pgdg20.04+1)
Then I start the service with
> sudo service postgresql start
> sudo -u postgres psql
My questions are:
When I check the list of databases I have using \l, I can't see my existing postgres database that I have in my windows machine, why? and how do I connect/import it to the wsl?
How do I make the WSL database/server appears in my existing pgAdmin4 GUI? I have already a server for my windows machine (localhost, port 5432). How can I add database from the WSL server, since it has the same settings? For example, I tried creating new database via WSL psql command line CREATE DATABASE ubuntu;, and the new database appears in the WSL postgres list in terminal, but the pgAdmin GUI only shows database from my windows server. How do I sync both databases in windows and WSL and show them both in pgAdmin?
database list in windows (from pgAdmin4)
database list in WSL
Thanks for the help
I installed Sqlserver on my Mac in a docker container, following the instructions from this article.
I run the container with Kitematic and managed to connect to the server using Navicat Essentials for SQl Server.
The server has four databases and I can create new ones, but, ideally, I would like to import an existing database as .bacpac.
The instructions from this answer have been of use to me in the past. Can I run something similar within the container? Or, more generally, is there a way to import a database in the container?
Hi all! We finally have a preview ready for sqlpackage that is built on dotnet core and is cross-platform! Below are the links to download from. They are evergreen links, i.e. each day a new build is uploaded. This way any checked in bug fix is available the next day. Included in the .zip file is the preview EULA.
linux
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=873926
osx
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=873927
windows
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=873928
Release notes:
The /p:CommandTimeout parameter is hardcoded to 120
Build and deployment contributors are not supported
a. Need to move to .NET Core 2.1 where System.ComponentModel.Composition.dll is supported
b. Need to handle case-sensitive paths
SQL CLR UDT types are not supported.
a. This includes SQL Server Types SqlGeography, SqlGeometry, & SqlHierarchyId
Older .dacpac and .bacpac files that use Json serialization are not supported
Referenced .dacpacs (e.g. master.dacpac) may not resolve due to issues with case-sensitive file systems
For lack of a better method, please provide any feedback you have here on this GitHub issue.
Thanks for giving it a try and letting us know how it goes!
https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/135#issuecomment-389245587
EDIT: I've made you a Docker image for this
https://hub.docker.com/r/samuelmarks/mssql-server-fts-sqlpackage-linux/
Example of setting up a container, creating a database, copying a .bacpac file over, and importing it into aforementioned database:
docker run -d -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' -p 1433:1433 --name sqlfts0 samuelmarks/mssql-server-fts-sqlpackage-linux
docker exec -it sqlfts0 /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P '<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' -Q 'CREATE DATABASE MyDb0'
docker cp ~/Downloads/foo.bacpac sqlfts0:/opt/downloads/foo.bacpac
docker exec -it sqlfts0 dotnet /opt/sqlpackage/sqlpackage.dll /tsn:localhost /tu:SA /tp:'<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' /A:Import /tdn:MyDb0 /sf:foo.bacpac
It looks like Microsoft has implemented support of this on sqlpackage, with documentation!
You will have to add sqlpackage to your container.
You can download it here. (optionally, direct link to linux package here, hopefully doesn't change)
The following are instructions for running this from a windows machine -- obviously it's the bare minimum to get it working. Please change passwords, and probably put this in a docker-compose.yml for re-use.
I unzip the above package into a folder 'c:\sqlpackage' (my windows docker run doesn't allow relative paths), and then mount that into the container with the bacpac, like such:
docker run -d -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "SA_PASSWORD=Asdf1234" -v c:\sqlpackage:/opt/sqlpackage -v c:\yourdb.bacpac:/tmp/yourdb.bacpac -p 1433:1433 --name mssql-server-example microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-latest
here is what a *nix user could run alternatively:
docker run -d -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=Asdf1234' -v ./sqlpackage:/opt/sqlpackage -v ./yourdb.bacpac:/tmp/yourdb.bacpac -p 1433:1433 --name mssql-server-example microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-latest
and finally, attach to your container and run:
/opt/sqlpackage/sqlpackage /a:Import /tsn:. /tdn:targetdbname /tu:sa /tp:Asdf1234 /sf:/tmp/yourdb.bacpac
After this, you should be able to connect with SSMS to localhost, username and password as you provide them above, and see 'targetdbname'! These are mostly notes I wrote for myself but I'm sure others could use them too.
You can use free Azure Data Studio from Microsoft. Once you have it installed, install the extension "Admin Pack for SQL Server" from Microsoft. Then you can import bacpac files with ease.
This is not a supported feature with a LINUX implementation it seems.
See this link.
I want to set up the psql terminal tool in Centos 6.6
I have been given access to as database and i just want to use the terminal for writing queries to the database for information. I have no prior experience with psql before but I want to move on from the pgadmin3 gui.
I started off by installing psql:
yum install postgresql
but when I try to access it, ie. typing [root#localhost]# psql I get the following error:
psql: FATAL: database "root" does not exist
I've tried using:
psql --host=<DB instance endpoint> --port=<port> --username=<master user name> --password --dbname=<database name>
but that fails to work too, maybe this is really basic but im completely lost for setting this up
Use:
psql -U my_pgadmin_username postgres
or
psql -U my_pgadmin_username -h localhost postgres
Alternately, more typical usage:
sudo -u postgres psql
I've seen plenty of answers across the internet saying that to combat the
psql:FATAL: role <username> does not exist
one must use the createuser command, but about a dozen different attempts with that command have only yielded a similar error message.
I've installed PostgreSQL using Ubuntu 15.04's sudo apt-get install postgresql, but PostgreSQL permits to do absolutely nothing.
Do I need to install some dependencies or something?
Try doing these actions as the postgres user:
$ sudo -u postgres -i
The PostgreSQL installation makes a postgres user which runs the PostgreSQL service. It is essentially the superuser of your database. In most cases, you don't know the password for this user but any superuser of a system can log in to other accounts.
I want to install postgresql for use as the backend to a Windows application.
This seems to be no problem if postgresql is not already installed on the system.
If postgresql is already installed then unless the command line parameters contain the superpassword etc of the existing installation then the install fails.
As I will likely never know the superpassword or other account details of any pre-existing postgresql instances and the machine owners may not either it seems that this will frustrate any attempt to install postgresql in such a situation.
I believe it is possible to install completely independent instances of sql server but is this possible for postgresql?
BTW:
If the command line does contain the correct superpassword then the install just seems to overwrite the existing install and ignores parameters like --prefix etc .
I used init db to create a new database cluster before doing a second install but this new cluster was ignored?
In general you can have multiple independent instances of PostgreSQL. Strictly speaking it's database cluster with separate:
data directory
configuration (e.g. postgresql.conf, pg_hba.conf)
listening TCP/UDP port (default 5432+)
owner user and superuser role
locale and default encoding
log file
postmaster server process (on Windows postgres.exe)
Perfect well-done example is Debian with easy to use postgresql-common infrastructure (pg_ctlcluster, pg_lsclusters, pg_createcluster, pg_dropcluster, included SSL, log rotation and so on).
EDIT:
I found it's rather easy to install second, third, etc. instance of same versioned PostgreSQL under Windows with EnterpriseDB's installer, no need to use initdb and pg_ctl (assuming 64-bit installation, probably you need to use Program Files (x86) for 32-bit installation):
Open cmd with admin privileges (Run as Administrator)
Execute: cd "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\installer\server"
Create new database cluster (press Enter on every step): initcluster.vbs postgres postgres 12345 "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0" "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data2" 5433 DEFAULT
Register as Windows Service: startupcfg.vbs 9.0 postgres 12345 "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0" "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data2" postgresql-x64-9.0-2
Run newly created service postgresql-x64-9.0-2 using services.msc and you have second server
Change 12345 to your password specified during PostgreSQL installation. You don't have to use data2 directory, use whatever you like (but of course not existing data directory).
On Windows 7 I had success following these steps. You'll need the PsExec.exe utility available in the Sysinternals Suite. I assume here that the path to the Sysinternals Suite and the path to the bin folder of your existing PostgreSQL installation are in your PATH environment variable.
Open a cmd.exe window and enter the following command to open a prompt as the Network Service account.
psexec -i -u "nt authority\network service" cmd.exe
The Network Service account won't have access to your PATH, so cd 'C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin' and then enter the following command to initialize a data directory for your new instance. I've called mine "data2". It doesn't have to be in the postgres directory, but that's where the default data directory goes, so it's a reasonable choice.
initdb "C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2"
Edit C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2\postgresql.conf so that port = 5433 (the default instance uses 5432, and you shouldn't have two instances on the same port)
Leave the Network Service cmd prompt and in your standard prompt enter the following command to register the new service. Here I've named my new instance "pg_test"
pg_ctl register -N pg_test -U "nt authority\network service" -D "C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2"
Run the following command to start the service.
net start pg_test
The database owner role will be 'YOURMACHINENAME$'. If you want to change this to the standard 'postgres', you have to first create a new super user role that can rename the owner. From the command prompt, enter the following to create this super user.
createuser -s -r -l -i -P -h localhost -p 5433 -U YOURMACHINENAME$ mysuperuser
Finally, connect to the server with psql (psql -U mysuperuser -h localhost -p 5433 postgres) and enter the following commands to rename your database owner and add a password.
ALTER USER "YOURMACHINENAME$" RENAME TO postgres;
ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
Something like this should work (if not it's probably bug):
postgresql-9.0.4-1-windows_x64.exe ^
--mode unattended ^
--prefix c:\postgres\9.0-second ^
--servicename postgresql-x64-9.0-second ^
--serviceaccount postgres2 ^
--servicepassword <password> ^
--serverport 5433 ^
--superaccount postgres ^
--superpassword <password>
EDIT: after a couple of tests I believe it's not possible to create different Postgres instances of the same version using the One-click installer. Sorry.
OTOH you could always play with initdb and pg_ctl and use the existing installation to create a new instance. It would not be as easy as just starting the installer but it's doable.