Installing and configuring PostgreSQL

Learn how to install and configure PostgreSQL for Edge Flow Manager.

For supported database versions, see System Requirements for Edge Flow Manager.

Install PostgreSQL

If you are using MySQL or MariaDB instead of PostgreSQL, you may skip these steps. See the instructions for MySQL and MariaDB in the respective sections.

Install Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) according to the requirements of your operating system:

sudo yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

Install PostgreSQL version 9.6:

yum install postgresql96-server postgresql96-contrib postgresql96

Initialize the database:
For example, if you are using CentOS 7, use the following syntax:
```
/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/postgresql96-setup initdb
```
Start PostgreSQL.
For example, if you are using CentOS 7, use the following syntax:
```
systemctl enable postgresql-9.6.service
systemctl start postgresql-9.6.service
```
Verify that you can log in:
```
sudo su postgres
psql
```

Configure PostgreSQL to allow remote connections

It is critical that you configure PostgreSQL to allow remote connections before you deploy Edge Flow Manager. If you do not perform these steps in advance of installing the Edge Flow Manager server, the installation fails.

Open /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/pg_hba.conf and update to the following:

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust


# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 0.0.0.0/0 trust 


# IPv6 local connections: 
host all all ::/0 trust

Open /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/postgresql.conf and update to the following:
```
listen_addresses = '*'
```

Restart PostgreSQL.

systemctl stop postgresql-9.6.service
systemctl start postgresql-9.6.service

Configure PostgreSQL for use by Edge Flow Manager

Create a database for the EFM service to use:

create database efm;
CREATE USER efm WITH PASSWORD 'efmPassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE "efm" to efm;

Configure the Edge Flow Manager database properties

Configure the database properties in the efm.properties file:
```
efm.db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/efm
efm.db.driverClass=org.postgresql.Driver
efm.db.username=efm
efm.db.password=efmPassword
```
The URL should match the host and port of the machine running PostgreSQL. The password should match the value that you set using the following command:
```
CREATE USER efm WITH PASSWORD 'efmPassword';
```