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PostgreSQL configuration without password on Ubuntu for Rails

Abstract

You could have postgre installed on localhost with password (or without user or password seted after instalation) but if we are developing we really don't need password, so configuring postgre server without password for all your rails project is usefull.

Install Postgre packages

  • postgresql
  • postgresql-client
  • libpq-dev

Install Postgre gem

/Gemfile

gem 'pg'

Configuration

  1. Edit postgre configuration file:

     sudo gedit /etc/postgresql/POSTGRE_VERSION/main/pg_hba.conf
    
  2. Change all configuration access to:

     # Database administrative login by Unix domain socket
     local   all             all                                     trust
    
     # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
    
     # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
     local   all             all                                     trust
     # IPv4 local connections:
     host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
     # IPv6 local connections:
     host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust
    
  3. Restart postgre server

     sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
    
  4. Enjoy :)

@Seralto
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Seralto commented Oct 24, 2017

Very good!

@jorgeacaballero
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jorgeacaballero commented Oct 28, 2017

Nice! Works as expected. Thanks for this. As a Postgres.app user in macos, this is a lifesaver.

@AlexeyAndrianov
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thank you so much! it was very helpful!

@sadfuzzy
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thanks! )

@MaherMahe
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excuse me ,I failed to install. Can you tell me the command of the second step?

@danilocandido
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Thank you!!

@Tcalura
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Tcalura commented Jul 26, 2019

Thank you and congrats for the content you made.

@lastab
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lastab commented Jan 7, 2020

Thanks! It worked.

@joe-mccann-dev
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Thank you! I created a rails app without --database=postgresql and trying to rails db:create postgres in development was impossible for me without this!

@ralphsbaesso
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Thank you!

@54keesh
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54keesh commented Dec 12, 2022

works like a charm:)

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