VPS Guide: Your Go-To for VPS, Ubuntu & Command Line Success

Install PostgreSQL on Rocky Linux

Category: VPS Setup

Set up PostgreSQL—an open-source RDBMS—on a Rocky Linux VPS—install with

dnf install postgresql-server -y

initialize with

postgresql-setup --initdb

and start:

systemctl start postgresql

Open port with

firewall-cmd --add-port=5432/tcp --permanent

On DigitalOcean test with

psql -U postgres

—expect \"postgres=#\" Configure phpMyAdmin-like tools—verify uptime with

systemctl status postgresql

Add SSL for security—ideal for robust VPS hosting over MySQL