LKBEN11152: Howto make shure postgres will listen on the network
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 1 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Latest update: 31/12/2020 | Comment:
Symptom
Postgresql listens per default on localhost. To change this you need to configure it in postgresql.conf
Cause
none
Solution
On a debian system you will find your configuration files in e.g.
/etc/postgresql/8.3/main/
As you can see, the path depends on the version of postgres you are using. To make postgres listen on all your network cards you will have to change the default configuration which only listens on localhost connections.
You should look for the listen_addresses and port entries.
To make postgres listen on all your ip addresses you will have to set listen_addresses to:
...
listen_addresses = '*'
port = 5432
...
You could also change the default port to listen on! If you try to make a connection, it will probably be refused. Your error message has changed, but it does not work yet. This is due to the default pg_hba.conf. You will have to make changes here too!
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.