This article describes how to use cPanel to manage PostgreSQL databases and users.
To access PostgreSQL databases, you must first create at least one user. The following procedures describe how to manage PostgreSQL database users using cPanel.
To create a PostgreSQL user, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
In the Password (Again) text box, retype the user password.
You can change a database user's password. You may want to do this for security reasons (changing passwords periodically is a good security practice), or you may need to do this if you forget the password.
To change a PostgreSQL user's password, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
In the Password and Password (Again) text boxes, type the new password.
To rename a PostgreSQL user, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
In the Password and Password (Again) text boxes, type the password for the user, and then click .
To delete a PostgreSQL user account, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
After you create a database user, you are ready to create a database and associate the user with the new database.
To create a PostgreSQL database, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
Under Create New Database, in the Database Name text box, type the name of the database.
Click
To add a PostgreSQL user to a database, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
When you remove a user from a database, the user is no longer able to access the database.
To remove a PostgreSQL user from a database, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
Before you delete a database, make sure that you have a backup copy if you want to save any information that it contains.
To delete a PostgreSQL database, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the DATABASES section of the cPanel home page, click PostgreSQL Databases:
For more information about PostgreSQL, please visit http://www.postgresql.org.
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