From 44b2bf91be912fbaf0d5aad99005e58b0e15a698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mads R. Christensen" Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 15:09:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added installation instructions for postgres on CentOS 7 --- docs/postgres.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/postgres.rst b/docs/postgres.rst index b5027fefb0..402ff9a4de 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.rst +++ b/docs/postgres.rst @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ encoding use, e.g.:: This would create an appropriate database named ``synapse`` owned by the ``synapse_user`` user (which must already exist). -Set up client -============= +Set up client in Debian/Ubuntu +=========================== Postgres support depends on the postgres python connector ``psycopg2``. In the virtual env:: @@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ virtual env:: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev pip install psycopg2 +Set up client in RHEL/CentOs 7 +============================== + +Make sure you have the appropriate version of postgres-devel installed. For a +postgres 9.4, use the postgres 9.4 packages from +[here](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation). + +As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector +``psycopg2``. In the virtual env:: + + sudo yum install postgresql-devel libpqxx-devel.x86_64 + export PATH=/usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/:$PATH + pip install psycopg2 Synapse config ==============