

The above command will install numerous required packages including Apache2 webserver to serve the pgadmin4-web application in web mode. Then install pgAdmin4, $sudo apt install pgadmin4 $ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb $(lsb_release -cs) pgadmin4 main" > /etc/apt//pgadmin4.list & apt update' Add the public key for the repository and create the repository configuration file. We need to install it from the pgAdmin4 APT repository. PgAdmin4 is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. So, ensure that the entries below have md5 as the under method: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5Īfter making changes in the Client Authentication configuration file, you will need to restart the PostgreSQL service. Md5 is the most secure and recommended because it requires the client to supply a double-MD5-hashed password for authentication. PostgreSQL uses many types of client authentication methods including peer, ident, password, and md5 (read the PostgreSQL 12 documentation for a detailed explanation of each method). $ sudo vim /etc/postgresql/12/main/pg_hba.conf Open this file using your favorite text editor as shown. PostgreSQL uses client authentication to decide which user accounts can connect to which databases from which hosts and this is controlled by settings in the client authentication configuration file, which on Ubuntu is located at /etc/postgresql/12/main/pg_hba.conf.

Postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE tecmintdb to tecmint Ĭreate a Database in PostgreSQL Configuring PostgreSQL Client Authentication postgres=# CREATE USER tecmint WITH PASSWORD ' ' Now create a new database and a user using the following commands. First, switch to the postgres system user account and run the psql command as follows: $ sudo su - postgres To create a new database in PostgreSQL, you need to access the PostgreSQL database shell (psql) program. PostgreSQL Accepting Client Connections Creating Database in PostgreSQL

After PostgreSQL installed, you can confirm that the PostgreSQL service is active, running and is enabled under systemd using the following systemctl commands: $ sudo systemctl is-active postgresqlĪlso, confirm that the Postgresql server is ready to accept connections from clients as follows: $ sudo pg_isready
