nntpchan/doc/database/postgres/install-and-configure-postgres.md

Configuring Postgres database
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These are instructions for setting up NNTPChan with Postgres as the data-storage system.

##Installing Postgres

Postgres on Debian (as root)

    # install as root
    apt-get install --no-install-recommends postgresql postgresql-client

##Configuring Postgres

Setting up postgres (as root)

    # become postgres user
    su postgres
    # spawn postgres admin shell
    psql 

You'll get a prompt, enter the following:

    CREATE ROLE srnd WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'srnd';
    CREATE DATABASE srnd WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' OWNER srnd;
    \q

For demo purposes we'll use these credentials.
These are default values, please change them later.

###Important

These credentials assume you are going to run using a user called `srnd`, if your username you plan to run the daemon as is different please change `srnd` to your username.

##Next step

See the [Running NNTPChan](running.md).