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