Before we get started with moving PostgreSQL’s data directory, let’s verify the current location by starting an interactive PostgreSQL session. In the following command,psqlis the command to enter the interactive monitor and-u postgrestellssudoto executepsqlas the system’spost...
The following are an easy to follow steps to change the data directory in PostgreSQL 12. FIND THE LOCATION OF POSTGRES CONFIG FILE In your DB console execute the following query: SHOW config_file The result will show you the path to your postgresql.conf file, something like this: /var/lib...
Exit the Postgres command prompt by typing "\q" and pressing the Enter key. Open pg_hba.conf file, located in the PostgreSQL data directory. Locate the line that starts with "local all postgres" and change the "peer" or "md5" authentication method to "trust." This change allows the Pos...
If you’re looking for the steps to install Postgres on Windows, check out this guide:How to Install Postgres on Windows Or, if you want to install Postgres on a Mac using Homebrew, there’s a guide for that too:How to Install Postgres on Mac Using Homebrew Table of Contents Download P...
To change the PostgreSQL database admin account, which is also called "postgres" account, you have to do the following. If this fails, uninstalling postgres and removing the registry entries (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\PostgreSQL Global Development Group\PostgreSQL)should give you a clean start ...
After a moment, the database will be connected. The PostgreSQL 14 icon in the Server list will change to an elephant icon, which is the Postgres logo, to indicate it is connected. Postgres is now installed on your computer! You can run SQL statements in pgAdmin on the Postgres database ...
Login as postgres user and initialize the database: Raw # Login as postgres user $ su - postgres # Create directory for use with replication. $ mkdir /var/lib/pgsql/pg_archive # Change to data directory and initialize database. $ cd /var/lib/pgsql/data $ initdb ...
cd %appdata% mkdir postgresql cd postgresql echo localhost:5432:my_database:postgres:my_password >> pgpass.conf Backing up a remote server If you need to back up a remote server add -h and -p options: pg_dump -h host_name -p port_number database_name > database.sql ...
If you can’t find it there, use the following command in the Terminal to find out where Postgres is installed on your Mac: brew info postgres This will show you more information about the Postgres package installed by Homebrew, including the location of the data directory and the configuratio...
postgres=#show config_file;config_file --- /postdata/data/postgresql.conf (1 row) vi /oracle/pg_data/postgresql.confarchive_mode = on # enables archiving; off, on, or always # (change requires restart) archive_command = 'cp %p /oracle/pg_data/archive...