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Database

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-- list databases
\l

-- connect to a database
\c myDatabaseName

-- drop a database
drop [if exists] myDatabaseName;
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# create a database
createdb myDatabaseName

# connect to a database
psql -d myDatabaseName

# drop a database
dropdb myDatabaseName

Table

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-- show summary information about all tables in the current database
\dt

Users and permissions

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-- list all users and their permission levels
\du

Service

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sc-start postgresql.service

Installation

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# will install postgresql-libs, postgresql and create a system user called postgres
sudo pacman -S postgresql

Configuration

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# create the cluster directory if needed
sudo mkdir /var/lib/postgres
sudo chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgres

# switch to the PostgreSQL user
sudo -iu postgres

# initialize the database cluster (postgres user)
initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
# $LANG (en_US.UTF-8) is used to deduce the locale and the encoding
# or can be defined manually:
initdb --locale=C.UTF-8 --encoding=UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data --data-checksums
# --data-checksums enable data checksumming

# start the service
sc-start postgresql.service

# login (postgres user)
psql

# create a user (postgres user)
# If the new user has the same name as your Linux user, it allows you to access the PostgreSQL database shell without having to specify a user to login.
createuser --interactive

# create a database (postgres user)
createdb dbtest
# login (current user)
psql -d dbtest

Access rights

/var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf
# all local users can access to any database including superuser database
local  all  all  trust
# only local postgres user can login
local   all  postgres  peer