5.4.1 Install & connect
Every entry filed under Install & connect and its subtopics.
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- Intermediate 5
- Advanced 0
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- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
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10 entries
- 0393 Install PostgreSQL on Linux, macOS and Windows Install the PostgreSQL server and the psql client on each desktop OS, start the service, connect as the postgres superuser and create… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Install & connect · Installing languages & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0324 Fix: psql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed On local socket connections PostgreSQL checks that your OS user name equals the database role. When they differ you get this error.… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux Article Install & connect · Security & access 15 Oct 2026
- 0331 docker compose for an app with a PostgreSQL database A compose.yaml that runs your application next to a PostgreSQL container, with a named volume for the data, a health check so… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Docker Compose · Install & connect 15 Oct 2026
- 0257 Run PostgreSQL properly on a Linux server: install, lock down, back up, monitor and patch Set up PostgreSQL 18 from the official repository for one application: a dedicated role and database, SCRAM logins from one app server… Intermediate · Guided project · Linux Article Backup & restore · Install & connect · Roles & administration 15 Oct 2026
- 0201 pg_hba.conf and PostgreSQL authentication methods pg_hba.conf decides who may connect from where and how they must prove who they are. Rules are checked top to bottom and… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Linux Article Install & connect · Security & access 15 Oct 2026
- 0210 Fix: FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host The server received the connection but no pg_hba.conf rule matches this client address, user, database and SSL mode. Add or correct a… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux Article Install & connect · Security & access 15 Oct 2026
- 0211 Fix: psql connection to server on socket /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 failed psql tried the local Unix socket and found nothing there. The server is not running, listens on another port, or uses a… Beginner · Fixes an error · Linux Article Install & connect 15 Oct 2026
- 0212 postgres/postgres: PostgreSQL source code mirror The official read-only GitHub mirror of the PostgreSQL source repository. Browse the code and history here; patches go through the project's mailing… Linux, macOS, Windows Repo Install & connect · PostgreSQL 15 Oct 2026
- 0198 Install PostgreSQL and connect with psql on Debian, Ubuntu and RHEL Install the PostgreSQL server from your distribution or the official PGDG repositories, start it, and open your first psql session as the… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Article Install & connect 15 Oct 2026
- 0199 psql meta-commands cheat sheet The backslash commands you use every day in psql: connecting, listing databases, tables and roles, describing objects, timing queries, expanded output and… Beginner · Cheat sheet · Any system Article Install & connect · Roles & administration 15 Oct 2026