--- layout: default navsection: installguide title: Install PostgreSQL 9.4+ ... {% comment %} Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0 {% endcomment %} Arvados requires at least version *9.4* of PostgreSQL. We recommend using version 10 or newer. * "AWS":#aws * "Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux":#rh8 * "Debian or Ubuntu":#debian h3(#aws). AWS When deploying on AWS, Arvados can use an Aurora RDS PostgreSQL database. Aurora Serverless is not recommended. h3(#rh8). Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux {% comment %} The default version on RH8 is PostgreSQL 10. You can install up to PostgreSQL 13. {% endcomment %} # Install PostgreSQL
# dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
# Initialize the database
# postgresql-setup initdb
# Configure the database to accept password connections from localhost
# sed -ri -e 's/^(host +all +all +(127\.0\.0\.1\/32|::1\/128) +)ident$/\1md5/' /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
# Configure the database to accept password connections from the local network (replace @10.9.8.0/24@ with your private network mask)
# echo 'host all all 10.9.8.0/24 md5' | tee -a /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
# Configure the database to launch at boot and start now
# systemctl enable --now postgresql
h3(#debian). Debian or Ubuntu All supported versions of Debian and Ubuntu include a version of PostgreSQL you can use with Arvados. # Install PostgreSQL
# apt --no-install-recommends install postgresql postgresql-contrib
# Configure PostgreSQL to accept password connections from the local network (replace @10.9.8.0/24@ with your private network mask)
# echo 'host all all 10.9.8.0/24 md5' | tee -a /etc/postgresql/*/main/pg_hba.conf
# Configure the database to launch at boot and start now
# systemctl enable --now postgresql