Remote-access Guide

phppgadmin remote access

by Keyon McClure Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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By default you can only access phppgadmin from localhost. If you want to be able to use it remotely, do the following: sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/phppgadmin

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How do I use phppgadmin?

Introduction. phpPgAdmin is a web based PostgreSQL software management package. To use it you should install and configure PHP, Apache and postgresql, see PostgreSQL for instructions.

How to manage multiple PostgreSQL servers with phppgadmin?

With PhpPgAdmin, you can manage many PostgreSQL servers locally (on the localhost) or on remote hosts. First, you have to make sure that the distant PostgreSQL server can handle your request, that you can connect to it.

How do I set up phppgadmin with ububtu?

For older Ububtu releases only: to set up under Apache all you need to do is include the following line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf. Once phpPgAdmin is installed point your browser to http://localhost/phppgadmin to start using it. You should be able to login using any users you've setup in PostgreSQL.

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Introduction

phpPgAdmin is a web based PostgreSQL software management package. To use it you should install and configure PHP, Apache and postgresql, see PostgreSQL for instructions.

Installing From Package

Install phpPgAdmin from the Universe repository see InstallingSoftware for detailed instructions on using repositories and package managers. (Note, however, that installation from a package manager often does not work).

Access

Once phpPgAdmin is installed point your browser to http://localhost/phppgadmin to start using it. You should be able to login using any users you've setup in PostgreSQL.

Remote access

By default you can only access phppgadmin from localhost. If you want to be able to use it remotely, do the following:

What is pgpgadmin?

PhpPgAdmin is an administration interface for PostgreSQL. It is coded in PHP. With PhpPgAdmin, you can administer a remote PostgreSQL Server. A similar project is ? PhpMyAdmin for MySQL Server.

Can you manage PostgreSQL locally?

With PhpPgAdmin, you can manage many PostgreSQL servers locally (on the localhost) or on remote hosts. First, you have to make sure that the distant PostgreSQL server can handle your request, that you can connect to it. You can do this by modifying the file and adding a line like:

How to back up a database in phpPgAdmin?

To back up an individual database, log in to phpPgAdmin as either the postgres user or as the user for that specific database, and click on the name of the database in the left hand navigation pane. Then click on the Export tab.

How to install PostgreSQL on ISPmanager?

If you are using the ISPmanager Control Panel, you can install PostgreSQL (and PHP and phpPgAdmin) from that Control Panel. For ISPmanager 4, go to Server Settings > Applications. Install PostgreSQL, and make sure to install PHP before installing phpPgAdmin.

How to create a role in PostgreSQL?

To create a Role (a database user), click on the Roles tab. This shows the current Roles associated with the PostgreSQL server. Click on Create role to create a new database user.

What is ISPmanager?

In ISPmanager, you need a User that will own the database. This user is not the same user who will access the database. This user is generally the same user that owns the website or web application that is connected to the database. The same user can own multiple databases.

Can you remote access a database?

Remote access can be configured when the database is created, but if you need to allow remote access to an existing database, you will need to work from the command line.

Can PostgreSQL access localhost?

By default, PostgreSQL only allows access from localhost/127.0.0.1. If you need to enable remote connections to a PostgreSQL database, you can do this when the database is created from the Control Panel, or by editing two PostgreSQL configuration files from the command line.

Is PostgreSQL good?

There are many configuration options available for PostgreSQL, far too many to detail in this User Guide. PostgreSQL has very good documentation, which anyone using the PostgreSQL database should be familiar with.

How to install phppgAdmin?

1. Install PHP and Apache. For phpPgAdmin tool, you need to have Apache and PHP already running on your environment. You can install Apache from yum, or download and install Apache from source code. In the same way, you can install PHP from yum, or download and install PHP from source code.

What is the IP address of phppgadmin?

I added the following line to pg_hba.conf file, as I’ll be calling the phpPgAdmin web URL using the internal ip-address of this server, which is 192.168.101.2.

What happens if you don't have pgsql?

If you don’t have pgsql, you’ll get this error message when you try to access phpPgAdmin from web: Your PHP installation does not support PostgreSQL. You need to recompile PHP using the –with-pgsql configure option.

What tab is PostgreSQL database?

By default, it will on Database tab, which will list all the available postgreSQL database in the system.

What version of PostgreSQL does PHPPgAdmin support?

The latest phpPgAdmin supports most versions of PostgreSQL DB including 8.4.x and all 9.x.y (9.1.21, 9.2.16, etc, ).

How to see all the servers managed by phpPgAdmin?

On the top, you’ll see “Introduction” and “Servers” Tab. Click on “Servers” TAB, which will display all the postgreSQL servers managed by this phpPgAdmin GUI.

Is PostgreSQL difficult to manage?

If you have PostgreSQL running in your environment, managing it from command-line might be bit difficult as you have to remember all the db commands and syntax.

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