PhpPgAdmin: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:13, 28 August 2011

What is phpPgAdmin?

phpPgAdmin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL.

Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql

Basic Installation

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages and update the package index

Install the required packages:

# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

Configure Lighttpd

Edit lighttpd.conf (/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf) and uncomment the line:

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

...
include "mod_fastcgi.conf"
...

Edit mod_fastcgi.conf (/etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf), find and change /usr/bin/php-cgi to /usr/bin/php-cgi82.

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf

...
"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi82" # php-cgi
...

Start `lighttpd` service and add it to default runlevel

# rc-service lighttpd start # rc-update add lighttpd default

Install extra packages

apk add postgresql postgresql-client php-pgsql

Configuring postgresql

/etc/init.d/postgresql setup

Starting http service and adding to boot

/etc/init.d/postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default

Installing phpPgAdmin

Make webapps folder

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download

cd /usr/share/webapps/ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/phppgadmin/phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz

Unpack and delete tar file

tar zxvf phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz rm phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz

Change Folder Name

mv phpPgAdmin-5.0.2 phppgadmin

Copy the sample config file name

cp /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php-dist /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php

Change folder permissions

chmod -R 777 /usr/share/webapps/

Make symlink to the phpPgAdmin folder

ln -s /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phppgadmin

Log on your phpPgAdmin

Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/phppgadmin and logon to phpPgAdmin using postgresql user and password.

Note: If you are using the Alpine ACF, or if you change the port in the lighttpd.conf file, the go to the port you set. e.g: if you set the port to 8080, then browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8080/phppgadmin

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 == What is phpPgAdmin? ==
-phpPgAdmin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. It is perfect for PostgreSQL DBAs, newbies and hosting services.
+[http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/doku.php phpPgAdmin] is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL.
-== Set up phpPgAdmin on Alpine Linux ==
+== Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql ==
-This document will be a very quick c/p guide to setup phpPgAdmin on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:
-* Lighttpd with PHP
-* postgresql
-* [http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id=start phpPgAdmin]
-== Install lighttpd, PHP and postgresql ==
 {{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}
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 == Installing phpPgAdmin ==
-'''Install phpPgAdmin'''
+Make ''webapps'' folder
-Make webapps folder
-{{Cmd|mkdir /usr/share/webapps/ -p}}
+{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}
 Download
 {{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
-wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/phppgadmin/phpPgAdmin-4.2.3.tar.gz}}
+wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/phppgadmin/phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz}}
 Unpack and delete tar file
-{{Cmd|tar zxvf phpPgAdmin-4.2.3.tar.gz
+{{Cmd|tar zxvf phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz
-rm phpPgAdmin-4.2.3.tar.gz}}
+rm phpPgAdmin-5.0.2.tar.gz}}
 Change Folder Name
-{{Cmd|mv phpPgAdmin-4.2.3 phppgadmin}}
+{{Cmd|mv phpPgAdmin-5.0.2 phppgadmin}}
-Change Config File Name
+Copy the sample config file name
 {{Cmd|cp /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php-dist /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php}}
-Change Folder Persmissions
+Change folder permissions
 {{Cmd|chmod -R 777 /usr/share/webapps/}}
-Make Symlink to the phpPgAdmin folder
+Make symlink to the phpPgAdmin folder
 {{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/phppgadmin/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phppgadmin}}
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 Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/phppgadmin and logon to phpPgAdmin using postgresql user and password.
-And enjoy this nice and useful tool.
-'''Note:''' If you are using the Alpine ACF, or if you change the port in the lighttpd.conf file, the go to the port you set.
+{{Note|If you are using the Alpine ACF, or if you change the port in the lighttpd.conf file, the go to the port you set.
-e.g: if you set the port to 8080, then browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8080/phppgadmin
+e.g: if you set the port to 8080, then browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8080/phppgadmin }}