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by Vinod Kurup
+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 +
Skip this section if you will run only Oracle.
See Table�2.2, “Version Compatibility Matrix” for version compatibility.
Special notes for Mac OS X.�If you are running Mac OS X prior to 10.3, you should be able to install and use PostGreSQL 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 su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/createlang plpgsql template1"
and proceed to Tune postgres. (OPTIONAL) or to the - next section.
Using the Red Hat RPM.�Red Hat users: If you install PostgreSQL 7.3.2 from the Red Hat 9 RPM, you + next section.
Special Notes for Red Hat.�Red Hat users: If you install PostgreSQL 7.3.2 from the Red Hat 9 RPM, you
can skip a few steps. These shell commands add some links for compatibility with the directories from a source-based install; start the service; create a new group for web service
users, and modify the postgres user's
environment (more
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib" >> ~postgres/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin" >> ~postgres/.bash_profile
groupadd web
-su - postgres ... and then skip to 6. Something similar may work for other binary packages as well.
Unpack PostgreSQL.�If you have not downloaded the postgresql tarball to +su - postgres
... and then skip to 6. Something similar may work for other binary packages as well.
Safe approach: install from source
Unpack PostgreSQL.�If you have not downloaded the postgresql tarball to /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz, get it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src [root src]# tar xzf /tmp/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ useradd -g web -d /usr/local/pgsql postgres mkdir -p /usr/local/pgsql chown -R postgres.web /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4 -chmod 750 /usr/local/pgsql
Mac OS X: Do instead:
sudo niutil -create / /groups/web +chmod 750 /usr/local/pgsql
Mac OS X: Do instead:
sudo niutil -create / /groups/web sudo niutil - list / /groups
The second command returns a list of groups. The last entry should include the gid of the group web, which you will need in the next sequence:
sudo niutil -create / /users/postgres sudo niutil -createprop / /users/postgres gid web's gid_number sudo niutil -createprop / /users/postgres home /usr/local/pgsql @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ Change to the postgres user and run ./configure to set the compilation options automatically. This is the point at which you can configure PostgreSQL in various ways. For example, if you want to enable - Unicode support, add the flags --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte. If you want to see what the other possibilities are, run ./configure --help. -[root src]# su - postgres + Unicode support, add the flags --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte. If you want to see what the other possibilities are, run ./configure --help. +On debian woody (stable, 3.0), do ./configure --without-readline --without-zlib.
[root src]# su - postgres [postgres pgsql]$ cd /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.3.4 [postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ ./configure creating cache ./config.cache @@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ The initdb command initializes the database. pg_ctl is used to start up PostgreSQL. -[postgres tsearch]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data +[postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres". This user must also own the server process. (17 lines omitted) or /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start -[postgres tsearch]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start +[postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start postmaster successfully started -[postgres tsearch]$ +[postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ /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 startPostgreSQL errors will be logged in @@ -119,15 +119,15 @@ access. Plpgsql is a PL/SQL-like language. We add it to template1, which is the template from which all new databases are created. We can verify that it was created - with the createlang command in list mode.
[postgres pgsql]$ createlang plpgsql template1 + with the createlang command in list mode.[postgres postgresql-7.3.4]$ createlang plpgsql template1 [postgres pgsql]$ createlang -l template1 Procedural languages Name | Trusted? ---------+---------- plpgsql | t (1 row) -[postgres pgsql]$ +[postgres pgsql-7.3.4]$ 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
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@
bunch of symlinks that ensure that, when the operating system
changes runlevels, postgresql goes to the appropriate
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//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+ differently. If you haven't untarred the OpenACS tarball, you will need to do so now to access the postgresql.txt file.
+ 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-5.0.1d1/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//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.1d1/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/postgresqlTest the script.
[root root]# service postgresql stop
Stopping PostgreSQL: ok
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@
chkconfig --add postgresql
chkconfig --level 345 postgresql on
chkconfig --list postgresql
-service postgresql startDebian:
[root ~]# cp /tmp//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//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
+cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.1d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/init.d/postgresql
chown root.root /etc/init.d/postgresql
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/postgresqlTest the script
[root ~]# /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
Stopping PostgreSQL: ok
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
rc.d/ part in each of the
following commands.
-
[root ~]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/postgresql.txt /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
+
[root ~]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.0.1d1/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
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
# Write-ahead log (WAL)
#
checkpoint_segments = 3 # in logfile segments (16MB each), min 1
-
Restart postgres (service postgresql restart) so that the changes take effect.
Official PostgreSQL Docs @@ -306,4 +306,5 @@ PostgreSQL Performance Tuning -