PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It is the default database for macOS server.

Installation

brew install postgres

After this, we can test the installation status by checking the version of installed PostgreSQL

postgres -V

Usage

Start PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start

Or you can start the PostgreSQL server and have it start up at login automatically

brew services start postgresql

Stop PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop

To make it stop starting up automatically at login

brew services stop postgresql

Restart PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres restart

Or if you’re using homebrew

brew services restart postgresql

Start PostgreSQL console

psql

GUI tool

We can use psequel a free GUI tool for managing the local and remote PostgreSQL databases

Install psequel using homebrew

brew install psequel

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