📅 2023-01-28 — Session: Configured PostgreSQL and PostGIS on Ubuntu 22
🕒 20:15–20:45
🏷️ Labels: Postgresql, Postgis, Ubuntu, Database, Configuration, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to set up and configure PostgreSQL and PostGIS on an Ubuntu 22 system, ensuring proper installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Key Activities
- Clarified the concept of ‘routing GIS’ to enhance understanding.
- Provided detailed instructions for installing PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 22, including package updates and service management.
- Explained the status of the PostgreSQL service and offered troubleshooting steps for activation.
- Discussed the benefits of configuring PostgreSQL for automatic startup to ensure availability in production environments.
- Highlighted resource usage in PostgreSQL and the importance of monitoring for performance tuning.
- Outlined the installation and configuration steps for PostGIS, a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL.
- Introduced the PostgreSQL interactive terminal (psql) and its basic commands.
- Offered solutions for common PostgreSQL authentication errors and user-related issues.
- Provided guidance on configuring pg_ident.conf and postgresql.conf for PostgreSQL user mapping and network settings.
Achievements
- Successfully installed and configured PostgreSQL and PostGIS on Ubuntu 22.
- Enhanced understanding of PostgreSQL service management and configuration.
- Identified and addressed common authentication and user issues in PostgreSQL.
Pending Tasks
- Further exploration of GIS routing concepts and their application in PostgreSQL and PostGIS.
- Continuous monitoring and performance tuning of the PostgreSQL database to optimize resource usage.