PostgreSQL database (Windows)¶
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Original author JA Cole
Get PostgreSQL and the python connector¶
Download the installer from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#windows
Install the Python PostgreSQL connector (activate the virtualenv first if using):
pip install psycopg2-binary
Install PostgreSQL¶
Run the the postgresql installer. It will ask for a location. Ensure the “data” directory is not under “Program Files” as this can cause permissions errors. Enter a superuser password when prompted. Make sure you keep this safe as you will need it.
Create a user and database¶
Open pgAdmin
- Click on servers to expand
- Double click on PostgreSQL 9.6 (or whichever version you have installed)
- Enter your superuser password
- Right click on “login roles” and choose “New login role”
- Create the openremuser (or whatever you want your user to be called) and under “Definition” add a password
- Under “Privileges” ensure that “Can login” and “Create databases” are set to “Yes”
- Click OK
- Right click on databases and choose “New database”
- Name the database (openremdb is fine) and assign the the owner to the user you just created
If this is your initial install, you are now ready to install OpenREM, so go to the Installing OpenREM docs.
If you are replacing a SQLite test install with PostgreSQL, continue here.
Configure OpenREM to use the database¶
- Find and edit the settings file (notepad works fine). The path depends on your python install, but could be something like:
C:\lib\python2.7\site-packages\openrem\openremproject\local_settings.py
- Set the following (changing name, user and password as appropriate):
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'openremdb',
'USER': 'openremuser',
'PASSWORD': 'openrem_pw',