Postgres: Install Postgresql-server 9.2 on Centos 7.2

• You search for the package you'll want to install
[root@toolz ~]# yum search postgres|grep server


• To get more details:
[root@toolz ~]# yum info postgresql-server.x86_64


• Then install it:
[root@toolz ~]# yum install postgresql-server.x86_64


• Setup the postgres password:
[root@toolz ~]# passwd postgres


• Init the postgres first DB
[root@toolz ~]# sudo postgresql-setup initdb


• Setup your connections:
[root@toolz ~]# sudo vi /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf


• Start postgresql service
[root@toolz ~]# systemctl start postgresql


• And finaly enable it to start automatically at next boot
[root@toolz ~]# systemctl enable postgresql

What to do next:

• pg_hba.conf
• create databases and users
• postgresql-server logging