This page provides the system requirements and installation instructions for the FlexDeploy database tier on PostgreSQL.
Requirements
- PostgreSQL 12 (We support 11 also)
- 4GB of RAM
- 1 or 2 CPU
- At least 10GB of available space, may need additional space. Purge settings within FlexDeploy will determine future needs.
- Normal database backup procedures should be followed outside of the FlexDeploy Application. Backing up of this database is not included in FlexDeploy.
Installation Instructions
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Requirements
See FlexDeploy System Requirements for details on software and hardware requirements.
Automated Installer Instructions
If you are using the automated installer, do not follow this guide.
Manual Schema Creation
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FlexDeploy uses three schemas (FD, FF, and FD_ADMIN) in the database and performs all work using the FD_ADMIN user. Run database scripts from where you extracted downloaded FlexDeploy zip file. Navigate to the /database/postgres/install directory.
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Step 1. You should set the FD_ADMIN password before running the scripts.
Open the file <FlexDeploy Unzip Folder>/database/postgres/install/scripts/CreateSchemas.sql
Edit the line: CREATE USER FD_ADMIN with password 'welcome1'; so that it has a new password in it.
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You should record the FD_ADMIN password, as that will be used in configuration of data source on application server. |
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Step 3. Create flexdeploy database.
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Database name is setup as flexdeploy various documentation steps, you are free to use different name. If you use database name other than flexdeploy, then consider following points.
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These are high level steps, you can find more detailed steps in PostgreSQL documentation.
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cd <PosgreSQL Install Home>\pgsql\bin initdb.exe -D <Data Folder> --username=postgres --auth=trust pg_ctl -D ../data -l logfile start pg_ctl start -l <Data Folder>\server.log -D <Data Folder> createdb flexdeploy |
Step 4. Create FlexDeploy schema objects.
Open a command prompt or putty window to the <FlexDeploy Unzip Folder>/database/postgres/install folder from extracted zip, launch psql (use full path if not available on PATH environment)
Run as a user like postgres with privileges to create users and schemas within that database. You may be prompted for password, enter password for user (with -U argument) that you use in psql command.
Change the bold text as needed in your environment.
Run the appropriate command below.
Linux
Run FlexDeploy scripts. Type the password when asked. PostgresDDL.txt records the output of the script so that you can refer back to it later.
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cd <Flexdeploy Unzip Folder>\database\postgres\install |
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/path/to/psql -U postgres -h hostname -p 5432 -d flexdeploy -a -b -e -f CreateFlexDeploySchemas.sql > PostgresDDL.txt |
Windows
Run FlexDeploy scripts. Type the password when asked. PostgresDDL.txt records the output of the script so that you can refer back to it later.
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cd <Unzip Folder>/database/postgres/install |
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C:\path\to\psql -U postgres -h hostname -p 5432 -d flexdeploy -a -b -e -f CreateFlexDeploySchemas.sql > PostgresDDL.txt |