PostgreSQL installation notes

PostgresqlInstallation

I setup PostgreSQL on Centos 7 using Virtual Box.

Some notes on installing/running postgresql

- Good overall instructions on seting up PostgreSQL:
http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/329-An-almost-idiots-guide-to-install-PostgreSQL-9.3,-PostGIS-2.1-and-pgRouting-with-Yum.html

Some additional changes/steps I did to get things working on Virtual Box.  (Guest was Centos7 and Host Mac OSX)

- added following to /var/lib/pgsql/9.3/data/pg_hba.conf
host all all 10.0.2.15/24 md5

- added port forwarding rule to virtual box (Settings -> Network -> Advanced -> Port Forwarding):
 host ip: 127.0.0.1 port 5432 guest ip: 10.0.2.15 port: 5432

- checked log in /var/lib/pgsql/9.3/data/pg_log/postgresql log file to check issues

-open firewalld port (reference: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PostgreSQL)
$ # make it last after reboot
$ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5432/tcp
$ # change runtime configuration
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=5432/tcp
 
- in postgres: updated user to not expire (this fixed issue where I could not login from PGAdmin as the valid date was originally empty)
 ALTER USER bob VALID UNTIL 'infinity';