How To Install pgAdmin 4 on CentOS 8 Linux -

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Josphat Mutai
15-19 minutos

PostgreSQL a popular powerful, and open source object-relational database system with more than 15
years of active development and strong reputation for reliability. pgAdmin is the leading Open Source
feature-rich PostgreSQL administration and development platform that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OS
X, and Windows. This tutorial will show you how to install pgAdmin 4 on CentOS 8 Linux.

Features of pgAdmin 4
Features of pgAdmin 4 include:
• auto-detection and support for objects discovered at run-time
• a live SQL Query Tool with direct data editing
• support for administrative queries
• a syntax-highlighting SQL editor
• redesigned graphical interfaces
• powerful management dialogs and tools for common tasks
• responsive, context-sensitive behavior
• supportive error messages
• helpful hints
• online help and information about using pgAdmin dialogs and tools.

Step 1: Enable EPEL repository

Add EPEL repository using our guide below.
Enable EPEL on CentOS 8
Don’t forget to enable PowerTools repository as it contain the packages we’ll need.
sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-
8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL database server

You need to have PostgreSQL installed on your system before you can install pgAdmin 4. Below are
the guides to help you install PostgreSQL:
How to install PostgreSQL 11 on CentOS 8
Install PostgreSQL 12 on CentOS 8

Step 3: Install pgAdmin4 on CentOS 8

After installing PostgreSQL, you can begin the installation of pgAdmin 4 on CentOS 8. You need to
add PostgreSQL RPM repository, which should have been done while installing PostgreSQL.
sudo dnf -y install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-8-
x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

Then install the pgAdmin package:

sudo dnf -qy module disable postgresql
sudo dnf install pgadmin4

Accept installation prompt by pressing the “y” key.

CentOS-8 - PowerTools
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Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version
Repository Size
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Installing:
pgadmin4 x86_64 4.16-2.rhel8
pgdg10 15 k
Installing dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.6.3-9.el8
AppStream 125 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8
AppStream 105 k
centos-logos-httpd noarch 80.5-2.el8
AppStream 24 k
httpd x86_64 2.4.37-
12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 1.7 M
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.37-
12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 35 k
httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.37-
12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 102 k
mod_http2 x86_64 1.11.3-
3.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 158 k
python3-click noarch 6.7-8.el8
AppStream 131 k
python3-flask noarch 1:0.12.2-3.el8
AppStream 141 k
python3-itsdangerous noarch 0.24-14.el8
AppStream 31 k
python3-lxml x86_64 4.2.3-1.el8
AppStream 1.5 M
python3-mako noarch 1.0.6-13.el8
AppStream 157 k
python3-mod_wsgi x86_64 4.6.4-3.el8
AppStream 2.5 M
 python3-sqlalchemy x86_64 1.3.2-
1.module_el8.0.0+33+0a10c0e1 AppStream 1.9 M
python3-webencodings noarch 0.5.1-6.el8
AppStream 27 k
python3-werkzeug noarch 0.12.2-4.el8
AppStream 457 k
python3-unittest2 noarch 1.1.0-16.el8
PowerTools 186 k
python3-alembic noarch 1.0.11-2.el8
epel 787 k
python3-beautifulsoup4 noarch 4.6.3-2.el8.1
epel 185 k
python3-blinker noarch 1.4-4.el8
epel 114 k
python3-editor noarch 1.0.4-1.el8
epel 19 k
pgadmin4-docs noarch 4.16-2.rhel8
pgdg10 39 M
pgadmin4-python3-Flask-Mail noarch 0.9.1-4.rhel8.1
pgdg10 24 k
pgadmin4-python3-dateutil noarch 1:2.8.0-1.rhel8
pgdg10 290 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask noarch 1:1.0.2-1.rhel8
pgdg10 153 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-babel noarch 0.11.1-
4.rhel8.1 pgdg10 54 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-babelex noarch 0.9.3-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 23 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-compress noarch 1.4.0-1.rhel8
pgdg10 15 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-gravatar noarch 0.5.0-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 17 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-htmlmin noarch 1.5.0-1.rhel8
pgdg10 14 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-login noarch 0.4.1-1.rhel8
pgdg10 34 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-migrate noarch 2.4.0-1.rhel8
pgdg10 28 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-paranoid noarch 0.2-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 15 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-principal noarch 0.4.0-
14.rhel8.1 pgdg10 20 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-security noarch 3.0.0-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 82 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-sqlalchemy noarch 2.3.2-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 109 k
pgadmin4-python3-flask-wtf noarch 0.14.2-
1.rhel8.1 pgdg10 59 k
pgadmin4-python3-htmlmin noarch 0.1.12-
1.rhel8.1 pgdg10 44 k
pgadmin4-python3-paramiko noarch 2.6.0-3.rhel8
pgdg10 288 k
pgadmin4-python3-passlib noarch 1.7.1-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 745 k
pgadmin4-python3-psutil x86_64 5.5.1-1.rhel8
pgdg10 378 k
pgadmin4-python3-simplejson x86_64 3.16.0-1.rhel8
pgdg10 278 k
 pgadmin4-python3-six noarch 1.12.0-3.rhel8
pgdg10 35 k
pgadmin4-python3-speaklater noarch 1.3-3.rhel8.1
pgdg10 15 k
pgadmin4-python3-sqlalchemy x86_64 1.2.18-1.rhel8
pgdg10 3.9 M
pgadmin4-python3-sqlparse noarch 0.2.4-1.rhel8.1
pgdg10 78 k
pgadmin4-python3-sshtunnel noarch 0.1.4-1.rhel8
pgdg10 45 k
pgadmin4-python3-werkzeug noarch 0.15.4-1.rhel8
pgdg10 464 k
pgadmin4-python3-wtforms noarch 2.2.1-1.rhel8
pgdg10 184 k
pgadmin4-pytz noarch 2018.9-1.rhel8
pgdg10 53 k
pgadmin4-web noarch 4.16-2.rhel8
pgdg10 4.9 M
python3-psycopg2 x86_64 2.8.3-2.rhel8
pgdg10 175 k
Installing weak dependencies:
apr-util-bdb x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8
AppStream 25 k
apr-util-openssl x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8
AppStream 27 k
python3-html5lib noarch 1:0.999999999-
6.el8 AppStream 214 k
python3-cssselect noarch 0.9.2-10.el8
epel 40 k
Enabling module streams:
httpd 2.4

Transaction Summary
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Install 57 Packages

Total download size: 62 M

Installed size: 154 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Step 3: Configure pgAdmin 4 on CentOS 8

Now that we have pgAdmin 4 installed, let’s configure it.
1. Start and enable httpd service to start on boot:
sudo systemctl start httpd && sudo systemctl enable httpd

You can confirm service status by running:

$ systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset:
disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-01-15 12:59:34 EAT; 6s ago
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
 Main PID: 3310 (httpd)
Status: "Started, listening on: port 80"
Tasks: 213 (limit: 11512)
Memory: 36.6M
CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
├─3310 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3311 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3312 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
├─3313 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
└─3314 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
Jan 15 12:59:34 cent8.novalocal systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server…
Jan 15 12:59:34 cent8.novalocal httpd[3310]: Server configured, listening on: port
80
Jan 15 12:59:34 cent8.novalocal systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.

2. Rename pgAdmin Apache configuration sample:

sudo cp /etc/httpd/conf.d/pgadmin4.conf.sample /etc/httpd/conf.d/pgadmin4.conf

Confirm configuration syntax to prevent any errors and restart httpd service.
$ sudo httpd -t
Syntax OK
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

4. Create pgAdmin data directories:

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/pgadmin4/ /var/log/pgadmin4/

5. Edit config_local.py and add the following settings. In most cases, the default file locations
should be appropriate:
sudo vi /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pgadmin4-web/config_distro.py

Add:
LOG_FILE = '/var/log/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.log'
SQLITE_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db'
SESSION_DB_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/sessions'
STORAGE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/storage'

6. Run the following command to create the configuration database:

sudo dnf -y install python3-bcrypt python3-pynacl
sudo python3 /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pgadmin4-web/setup.py

This will ask you to Enter the email address and the password to use for the initial pgAdmin
user account.
Email address: admin@example.com
Password: <INPUT PASSWORD>
Retype password:<Confirm PASSWORD>
pgAdmin 4 - Application Initialisation
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Set permissions for pgAdmin directories to apache user:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/lib/pgadmin4 /var/log/pgadmin4

Step 4: Configure SELinux

Set permissions for pgAdmin directories to apache user:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/lib/pgadmin4 /var/log/pgadmin4

If you have SELinux running in enforcing mode, create and apply a policy to allow Apache user access
pgAdmin directories:
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/lib/pgadmin4(/.*)?"
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/log/pgadmin4(/.*)?"
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/lib/pgadmin4/
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/log/pgadmin4/

Restart httpd service.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 4.1: permitir acceso de postres a apache

service httpd stop

service postgresql stop

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1
service httpd start
service postgresql start

Step 5: Access pgAdmin 4 Web Interface

if you have an active firewall service, allow http port:
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Open http://servername_or_ip/pgadmin4 to log in to the pgAdmin with the credentials
created step 6 above.

On the first page of pgAdmin, add a PostgreSQL server to administer with pgAdmin by clicking on
“Add New Server”. This can be local or a remote PostgreSQL server.

Under the “General” section, give the server a name & description.

Under “Connection” tab, provide access details – DB host, DB user and Password.

When done, Click Save button to save the configurations. If you were successful adding the server, the
name will appear in the left sidebar. Select the server to see database summary information and make
changes.