I have followed the steps from here. I successfuly installed both postgres#12.8 in WSL2 and PGAdmin4 on Windows.
Once I start service in WSL and create a server connection in pgAdmin I am not able to see any databases create from the pgAdmin GUI or neither from psql client.
I tried to:
set env variable PGHOST to localhost
editing postgresql.conf to listen_addresses = 'localhost'
connecting pgAdmin server by localhost name and by IP 127.0.0.1
nothing works..
I just ran into the same issue.
If you try to access your DB installed with pgAdmin from WSL 2, make sure you didnt install postgreSQL from Windows, as sudo service postgresql start from WSL will also start the only postgresql service you need.
Basically, it means you need to install postgresql ( sudo apt-get install postgresql) and start it FROM WSL, and then just open pgAdmin from Windows. Do NOT install postgresql directly on Windows as then your pgAdmin might create your DBs into the postgresql service started in Windows and not from the one started from WSL.
Make also sure that pgAdmin is installed for the same user that your WSL 2 uses, if you use it from VSCode for example. Otherwise, for the same reason, your WSL may not be able to find the corresponding DB.
Note that you can list the DB existing on a specific port by running psql -p 5432 -l from WSL ( change 5432 by the port you want to use ).
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I have PostgreSQL 11 and PGadmin 4 installed on windows. Currently I'm connected to a AWS server which hosts all of my data.
I want to create a local server (localhost) as a testing environment where I can experiment. I can't seem to do it though, and the other similar questions on stack don't help. Here's what my process is:
in pgAdmin, right click 'Servers' and go Create>Server
On the 'Create - Server' pop up box, i type in Name: Localserver. For 'connection' I type localhost. Port I leave as default '5432', db: postgres, username: postgres password: empty
click save.
however, I get an error:
Unable to connect to server:
could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
What should I do? I am the admin if that makes a difference.
As a new Postgres user, I did not understand how to make use of Postgres on Ubuntu. So I'm just going to chime in and help out other newbies who perhaps cannot figure out how to work with Postgres on Linux. If you're using Windows, steps should be similar.
Before you get to using PgAdmin, a bit of configuration is required. Most will happen in your terminal at first.
Open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T if you're on a PC. Or just pres ALT + F1 and begin typing Terminal.
Let's start with the basics first and make sure you have proper
installation.
1. Installing Postgres Latest
1.1 update the system software packages
sudo apt update
1.2 install latest version of PostgreSQL from default Ubuntu repositories
sudo apt install postgresql
the installer will create a new PostgreSQL collection of databases
that will be managed by a single server instance
Default data directory : /var/lib/postgresql/your-version/main
Configurations files : /etc/postgresql/your-version/main
2. Checking if Postgres Service is Installed
2.1 Check if Postgres is Active
sudo systemctl is-active postgresql
You should see : active
2.2 Check if Postgres is enabled
sudo systemctl is-enabled postgresql
You should see : enabled
2.3 Check Postgres Service status
sudo systemctl status postgresql
You should see : active (exited) marked in green
2.4 Check if Postgres is ready to accept connections
sudo pg_isready
You should see : /var/run/postgresql:5432 - accepting connections
3. Configuring Postgres Authentication
3.1 Opening the pg_hba.conf as SUPERUSER
sudo code --user-data-dir=~/root /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf
I'm using visual studio code so for me code is vsc codename. If you're using vim or sublime just replace code with your text editor name.
3.2 Configuring pg_hba.conf
Notes: you shouldn't need to change anything here, just make sure your
configuration files matches the following lines :
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 md5
Hit save and close.
3.3 Restart Postgres Service
sudo systemctl restart postgresql
4. Create NEW Server
For me, this is where all my confusion was. Before you use PgAdmin,
you need to create a server in your terminal, then you can connect and
manager it with PgAdmin just like you would with PhpMyAdmin. It's
actually easier.
4.1 Access the PostgreSQL database shell
sudo su - postgres
psql
You will then see this : postgres=#
4.2 Creating new server and user
postgres=# create user bob with superuser password 'admin';
That's how you create new user and server in Postgres. Let's move on to PgAdmin.
5. Installing pgAdmin4
5.1 Add public key for the repository
curl https://www.pgadmin.org/static/packages_pgadmin_org.pub | sudo apt-key add
Notes : if you don't have curl your Ubuntu will give you the command to install it
5.2 create the repository configuration file
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/apt/$(lsb_release -cs) pgadmin4 main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgadmin4.list && apt update'
5.3 install pgAdmin4
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pgadmin4
5.4 run the web setup script installed with the pgadmin4 binary package
sudo /usr/pgadmin4/bin/setup-web.sh
It will asks you for your email address and password. This email and
password is required to login to the PgAdmin4 web interface
6. Accessing pgAdmin4 Web Interface
6.1 Open your favorite browser
type in the address of the PgAdmin web interface. It usually looks like this
http://127.0.0.1/pgadmin4
Note : After installation the web setup script will tell you exactly
where to access the web interface.
When you see the login screen, enter the email and password you've chosen during the web setup script.
6.2 Adding New Server Connection
6.2.1 Click on Add New Server
6.2.2 Under General tab enter a name for your server. ANY name you would like, it doesn't matter. You could enter PgServer1 or whatever. Don't change anything else.
6.2.3 Switch to Connection Tab
Hostname/ Address : localhost
Port : 5432
Maintenance database : postgres (always)
Username : **bob** (the username youve chosen at 4.2)
Password : admin (or any password you chose at 4.2)
Hit Save.
Voila! You should be connected successfully. If not, just open terminal and create a new user like we did at 4.2
Notes : to create databases is very easy just right click on your
servername
create > databases
Useful Resources & Tutorials
PostgreSQL Fundamentals : Queries and the likes
PostgreSQL & JSON : useful for dealing with JS apps
PostgreSQL & Nodejs : Create realtime apps with nodejs and socket.io
More PostgreSQL Nodejs
https://github.com/supabase/realtime
https://whatsyourssn.com/posts/real-time-app-socket-postgresql/
UPDATE 2023
While following my own tutorial I ran into certificate issues at step 5 when I tried to create the repository file. The full error I was getting was this.
I want to post the solution that worked for me here.
This is probably one of two things.
You have set up a Postgres server, but have not adjusted listen_addresses in your postgresql.conf file, or
You have not set up a Postgres server on your local machine. ("Create Server" is a bit misleading, it should probably be "Create Server Connection".)
Usually a “connection refused” error indicates that the database server is either 1) not running, or 2) configured in such a way that it is not listening to the right port or IP address. Be sure to check ps -ef to see if Postgres is running, and also look at postgresql.conf to see if port and listen_addresses are set properly.
make sure the postgres service is running.
example in Linux : systemctl enable postgresql.service
Why? Attempting to connect to the server that is not running.
Action: Start your PostgreSQL server.
The path in the command below points to the data directory configured during the installation of PostgreSQL. Run this in Windows cmd.
pg_ctl -D "C:\user\PostgreSQL\data" start
>server started
After this go to pgAdmin and follow the initial steps as in question.
Create Server
Under General: Name: mytestServer
Under Connection: Hostname: localhost, Password: yourPassword,
keep other settings as default
Hit save
If you haven't, then first install the Postgres server on your machine. For windows, this is the currently active link for downloading the installation package: https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/
As other answers here pointed out, PgAdmin is only a interface for using the Postgres server. Once you install the server locally, you'll be able to see the server on the left hand side pane after restarting PgAdmin.
This is the first time I am setting up multiple Postgres postgres servers on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. (I know multiple versions is a bad idea, but need to sanity check new installation before I migrate and kill the old instance)
Original Postgres V9.1 is installed using bundled apt-get install. (Port : 5432)
New Postgres V10 is installed via EnterpriseDB package. (Port : 5433)
I am able to use standard utilities for the V9.1 like psql, pg_dump, etc. However, I am not able to access psql of V10. Instead I am getting this error message (note the incorrect port):
/opt/PostgreSQL/10/bin$ ./psqlpsql.bin: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
I would like to be able to manage both ideally by using psql.
I usually use Python to connect to databases and I am able to create an SQLAlchemy connection to new instance at port 5433. I can query pg_catalog and information_schema as well.
Thanks in advance!
The default port of postgres is 5432.
So If you want to access psql of V10, use the below commands:
export PATH=/opt/PostgreSQL/10/bin:$PATH
psql -p 5433
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on Azure recently. Have been trying to connect to PostgreSQL but the server refuses the connection. I checked and confirmed that it was online. I also tried changing the settings to trust on pg_hba.conf and I also edited the Postgresql.conf file to listen to all addresses. Furthermore, I checked my firewall settings on Windows and allowed Pgadmin 4 to go through. Despite following all the instructions in this question (Unable to connect PostgreSQL to remote database using pgAdmin), I was unable to connect. What should I do?
I once had such issue with pgAdmin4 on win 10. Here is the step I took to connect to my remote server
first enable port 5432 to pass through firewall in ubuntu:
sudo ufw allow 5432/tcp
Then edit your postgresql.conf file and add
listen_addresses = "*"
file can be found at /etc/postgresql//main/postgresql.conf
Proceed to edit pg_hba.conf and add
host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5
Now stop the server using/etc/init.d/postgresql stop and restart /etc/init.d/postgresql start
You should be able to connect now. However, you can allow pgAdmin4 to pass through the windows firewall
control panel > System and Security > Allow an app through windows firewall
You can also allow same app for any antivirus you've installed
Note:
If you still cannot connect, you can reset your postgres user's password NOT linux default user
sudo -u postgres psql postgres
# \password postgres
Enter new password
Then use this new password to connect your pgAdmin4 using
postgres as Maintenance database
postgres as username
then new password
Hopefully, you should be able to connect
Enable your postgresql server to start at boot
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
Start your postgresql server
sudo systemctl start postgresql
verify your postgresql server is running:
sudo systemctl status postgresql
I am attempting to use a Zabbix server running on an Ubuntu virtual machine to monitor the Postgres database in our application running on the same host machine (not a VM). To be clear, I am trying to connect from a Linux Ubuntu virtual machine on my computer to Postgres also running not in a VM on the same computer. Zabbix makes use of ODBC, so a preliminary step in the process is to get the ODBC connection to Postgres working correctly. However, I am having a problem.
Steps I have taken:
installed unixODBC via sudo apt-get install unixodbc unixodbc-dev
installed unixODBC driver for Postgres via sudo apt-get install odbc-postgresql
configured odbc.ini to the following:
[test]
Description = test database
Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/psqlodbca.so
Setup = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libodbcpsqlS.so
Server = 192.168.240.1
User = postgres
Password =
Port = 5432
Database = mydb
Yet when I test the connection via:
isql test -v
I get the following error:
[08001][unixODBC]could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
More notes:
I can successfully connect to Postgres from the admin running on the local (non VM) machine
port 5432 has been completely opened from Windows Firewall on the local machine
telnet to 192.168.240.1 (the network IP of the local machine) on port 5432 succeeds
This all implies that the problem has to do with the ODBC configuration in the Ubuntu VM. I spent several hours searching and trying various things but to no avail. If I can get isql to work correctly, I should be in business, as Zabbix basically sits right on top of ODBC for its database monitoring functions.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I think your configuration options are a little off. Try this:
[test]
Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/psqlodbca.so
Setup = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libodbcpsqlS.so
Database = mydb
Servername = 192.168.240.1
UserName = postgres
Password =
Port = 5432
Protocol = 7.4
Using Servername instead of Server might be sufficient.
I'd recommend the following steps to getting ODBC and PostgreSQL to play together (ignoring the apt install steps, since you already did these):
sudo odbcinst -i -d -f /usr/share/psqlodbc/odbcinst.ini.template
sudo odbcinst -i -s -l -n test -f /usr/share/doc/odbc-postgresql/examples/odbc.ini.template
sudo nano /etc/odbc.ini
Here's what these do:
Sets up your odbcinst.ini file with the files in the right places.
Sets up your odbc.ini file (for the system).
Edits the system odbc.ini file you created in step 2, where you can replace options to match your needs.
If you do not want the odbc.ini file to be system-wide, you can also limit it to just the user if you call step #2 without the -l parameter. In that case, it'll create or modify a ~/.odbc.ini file, which you can edit for your needs.
The unixODBC folks seem to recommend using odbcinst for setting this stuff up, as it knows where to put the files. Unfortunately, to use it to great effect, you'd need to know where to find the drivers' template files for your driver. The paths I've provided here match the ones for the Ubuntu package.
I just installed PostgreSQL-8.4 on Ubuntu. How do I start it / its GUI, connect to a database etc? I know SQL, but can't find PostgreSQL's icon in my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop (hence, am not sure how to start it).
Postgresql has no built in gui.
to check if it is running run the following from a terminal
ps aux | grep postgres
You can use psql to access from the command line.
to install psql
aptitude install postgresql-client
then to run
psql -h dbhost -U username dbname
If you want a gui intall package pgadmin
aptitude install pgadmin3
I start postgres prompt by using the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql
I use Ubuntu 14.04
If you're a Mac user, try running this
postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
then do
psql
you may start by firing up a graphical client. In a terminal type : pgadmin3
You will be presented with the pgAdmin III interface. Click on the "Add a connection to a server" button (top left). In the new dialog, enter the address 127.0.0.1, a description of the server, the default database ("mydb" in the example above), your username ("postgres") and your password.
With this GUI you may start creating and managing databases, query the database, execute SQl etc.
check out - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostgreSQL