Install PostgreSQL on Arch Linux

Step 1 – Install PostgreSQL

pacman -S --noconfirm postgresql
# Initialize the cluster as postgres user
sudo -u postgres initdb --locale=en_US.UTF-8 -E UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data
systemctl enable --now postgresql

Step 2 – Connect as the postgres superuser

sudo -u postgres psql

Step 3 – Create a database and user

CREATE USER appuser WITH PASSWORD 'StrongPass123!';
CREATE DATABASE appdb OWNER appuser;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE appdb TO appuser;
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Step 4 – Key configuration files

Step 5 – Allow remote connections (optional)

Edit /var/lib/postgres/data/postgresql.conf:

listen_addresses = '*'

Edit /var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf and add:

host  appdb  appuser  0.0.0.0/0  scram-sha-256

Reload:

systemctl reload postgresql 2>/dev/null || \
rc-service postgresql-14 reload 2>/dev/null || \
rcctl reload postgresql