Deploy on Windows

Postgres files are generally stored at the following location

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL

To check the status of the server, use the Windows Services utility. To access Services,

Press Windows + R
Enter services.msc

CLI Control

pg_ctl can be used to initialize, start, stop or control a Postgres server. Note you will need to set the environment variable PGData, using the following command

set PGDATA=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\14\data

start

pg_ctl start

Installation on WSL

Microsoft offers a detailed guide for installing Postgres on WSL. In addition to the steps listed on the Microsoft website, I found it necessary to complete the following steps.

The authentication config file is located at /etc/postgresql/10/main/pg_hba.conf, or a similar location. Change the authentication method from peer to trust. Specifically, I changed these two lines

local   all             postgres                                peer
local   all             all                                     peer

to these:

local   all             postgres                                trust
local   all             all                                     trust

Reload, and restart the server for the changes to take effect.

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql reload
sudo service postgresql restart

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