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by Vinod Kurup
Skip this section if you will run only Oracle.
OpenACS 5.0.0 will run with PostgreSQL 7.2.x, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, and 7.3.4. 7.3.4 is the recommended version of PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL 7.4 has been verified.
Skip this section if you will run only Oracle.
OpenACS will run with PostgreSQL 7.2.x, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, and 7.3.4. 7.3.4 is the recommended version of PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL 7.4 has been verified.
Mac OS X.�If you are running Mac OS X prior to 10.3, you should be able to install and use PostGreSQL 7.2.x or 7.3.x. Mac OS X 10.3 requires PostGreSQL 7.4.
Debian users, especially Debian stable users, should install PostGreSQL from source as detailed below. Debian unstable users: the following process has been known to work:
apt-get install postgresql postgresql-dev postgresql-doc
ln -s /usr/include/postgresql/ /usr/include/pgsql
ln -s /var/lib/postgres /usr/local/pgsql
ln -s /usr/include/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql/include
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@
[root root]# groupadd web
[root root]# su - postgres
-bash-2.05b$
-
+
ln -s /usr/lib/pgsql/ /var/lib/pgsql/lib
ln -s /var/lib/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql
ln -s /usr/bin /usr/local/pgsql/bin
service postgresql start
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib" >> ~postgres/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin" >> ~postgres/.bash_profile
groupadd web
-su - postgres... and then skip to 6. Something similar may work for other binary packages as well.
Unpack PostgreSQL.�If you have not downloaded the postgresql tarball to +su - postgres
... and then skip to 6. Something similar may work for other binary packages as well.
Unpack PostgreSQL.�If you have not downloaded the postgresql tarball to /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz, get it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src
[root src]# tar xzf /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
[root src]#
-cd /usr/local/src
-tar xzf /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gzCreate the Postgres user.� +cd /usr/local/src +tar xzf /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
Create the Postgres user.� Create a user and group (if you haven't done so before) for PostgreSQL. This is the account that PostgreSQL will run as since it will not run as root. Since nobody will log in @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ [root src]# chown -R postgres.web /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4 [root src]# chmod 750 /usr/local/pgsql [root src]# -
groupadd web
+groupadd web
useradd -g web -d /usr/local/pgsql postgres
mkdir -p /usr/local/pgsql
chown -R postgres.web /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4
-chmod 750 /usr/local/pgsqlMac OS X: Do instead:
sudo niutil -create / /groups/web +chmod 750 /usr/local/pgsql
Mac OS X: Do instead:
sudo niutil -create / /groups/web sudo niutil - list / /groups
The second command returns a list of groups. The last entry should include the gid of the group web, which you will need in the next sequence:
sudo niutil -create / /users/postgres sudo niutil -createprop / /users/postgres gid web's gid_number sudo niutil -createprop / /users/postgres home /usr/local/pgsql @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Change to the postgres user and run ./configure to set the compilation options automatically. This is the point at which you can configure PostgreSQL in various ways. For example, if you want to enable - Unicode support, add the flags --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte. If you want to see what the other possibilities are, run ./configure --help. + Unicode support, add the flags --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte. If you want to see what the other possibilities are, run ./configure --help.[root src]# su - postgres [postgres pgsql]$ cd /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4 [postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ ./configure @@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ (many lines omitted) Thank you for choosing PostgreSQL, the most advanced open source database engine. -su - postgres +su - postgres cd /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4 ./configure make all -make install
Start PostgreSQL.� +make install
Start PostgreSQL.� The initdb command initializes the database. pg_ctl is used to start up PostgreSQL. @@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ [postgres tsearch]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start postmaster successfully started [postgres tsearch]$ -
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
-/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start+/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data +/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start
PostgreSQL errors will be logged in /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log
Install Pl/pgSQL.�Set up plpgsq and allow your user to have @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ (1 row) [postgres pgsql]$ -
createlang plpgsql template1
-createlang -l template1Test PostgreSQL (OPTIONAL).�Create a database and try some simple commands. The output should be as shown. +createlang plpgsql template1 +createlang -l template1
Test PostgreSQL (OPTIONAL).�Create a database and try some simple commands. The output should be as shown.
[postgres pgsql]$ createdb mytestdb
CREATE DATABASE
[postgres pgsql]$ psql mytestdb
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@
state. Red Hat and Debian and SuSE each work a little
differently.
Red Hat RPM:
The init script is already installed; just turn it on for the appropriate run levels.
[root root]# chkconfig --level 345 postgresql on
-[root root]#
Red Hat from source:
[root src]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+[root root]#
Red Hat from source:
[root src]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
[root src]# chown root.root /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
[root src]# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
[root src]#
-cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
chown root.root /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
-chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
Test the script.
[root root]# service postgresql stop
+chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
Test the script.
[root root]# service postgresql stop
Stopping PostgreSQL: ok
[root root]#
If PostgreSQL successfully stopped, then use the following
command to make sure that the script is run appropriately at boot
@@ -190,16 +190,16 @@
[root root]# service postgresql start
Starting PostgreSQL: ok
[root root]#
-
chkconfig --add postgresql
+chkconfig --add postgresql
chkconfig --level 345 postgresql on
chkconfig --list postgresql
-service postgresql startDebian:
[root ~]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+service postgresql start
Debian:
[root ~]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
[root ~]# chown root.root /etc/init.d/postgresql
[root ~]# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/postgresql
-[root ~]#
-cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+[root ~]#
+cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
chown root.root /etc/init.d/postgresql
-chmod 755 /etc/init.d/postgresql
Test the script
[root ~]# /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
+chmod 755 /etc/init.d/postgresql
Test the script
[root ~]# /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
Stopping PostgreSQL: ok
[root ~]#
If PostgreSQL successfully stopped, then use the following
command to make sure that the script is run
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
rc.d/ part in each of the
following commands.
-
[root ~]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
+
[root ~]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql [root ~]# chown root.root /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql [root ~]# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql