PostgreSQL

For members

PostgreSQL is available as a service for members on caffeine. Just run ceo postgresql create to create a new database for your account. As of this writing, club reps cannot create PostgreSQL databases for their clubs via ceo, so they will need to send an email to syscom instead.

For syscom

We are also running a Postgres database on coffee, which is not available to members. Any software installed by syscom should use this database instead of the one on caffeine.

Creating a database manually on caffeine

See how ceo does it.

Upgrades

Upgrading Postgres is more difficult than upgrading MySQL; when you upgrade the Debian version on a machine, a newer version of Postgres will be installed but the old version will remain and the data will not be migrated. You are responsible for manually upgrading the database yourself on all machines where Postgres is installed (currently, just coffee and caffeine).