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Set up PostgreSQL on a RHEL or CentOS in Vesta Control Panel
1. Install PostgreSQL packages
yum install postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib phpPgAdmin
* If you have remi installed then don’t forget to explicitly enable it.
yum install –enablerepo=remi postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib phpPgAdmin
2. Initialize database cluster
service postgresql initdb
3. Download hba configuration
wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/pg_hba.conf -O /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
4. Start the server
service postgresql start
5. Set oracle user password
su – postgres
psql -c “ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD ‘pgp4sw0rd'”
exit
6. Enable pgsql databases support in vesta.
open /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf and set DB_SYSTEM to ‘mysql,pgsql’
7. Register pg instance in control panel
v-add-database-host pgsql localhost postgres pgp4sw0rd
8. Download phpPgAdmin configuration
wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/pga.conf -O /etc/phpPgAdmin/config.inc.php
wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/httpd-pga.conf -O /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpPgAdmin.conf
9. Restart web server
service httpd restart
