Install and setup PostgreSQL for Django

1. Deactivate the virtualenv if there is.

pyenv deactivate

2. Install the required libraries.

sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python-dev

3. Install PostgreSQL.

sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib

4. Start the psql shell.

sudo -u postgres psql

5. Setup the postgres user password by entering the following command and you will be prompted for password in the psql shell. Press Control + D to quit after it is done.

\password postgres

6. Create a new database user called django_user.

sudo -u postgres createuser django_user

7. Go to the psql shell again.

sudo -u postgres psql

 
8. Create the database and name it django_db.

createdb django_db

9. Set the password for django_user.

ALTER USER django_user WITH PASSWORD '<password>';

11. Grant the privilege properly.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE django_db TO django_user;

12. Exit the psql shell and activate the virtualenv.

pyenv activate <virtualenv>

13. Install the psycopg2 package.

pip install psycopg2

14. Edit the Django project settings.py as follow.

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'django_db',
        'USER': 'django_user',
        'PASSWORD': '<password>',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

15. Initialize the db.

python manage.py syncdb

16. Start the Django project and see if everything works fine.

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Done =)

• Digital Ocean – How To Install and Configure Django with Postgres, Nginx, and Gunicorn
• Ubuntu documentation – PostgreSQL
• Kill The Yak | use PostgreSQL with Flask or Django.
• StackOverflow – Createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role “tom” does not exist