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PostgreSQL configuration without password on Ubuntu for Rails

Abstract

You could have postgres installed on localhost with password (or without user or password seted after instalation) but if we are developing we really don't need password, so configuring postgres server without password for all your rails project is usefull.

Install Postgres packages

  • postgresql
  • postgresql-client
  • libpq-dev

Install Postgres gem

/Gemfile

` gem 'pg' `

Configuration

  1. Open postgres configuration file from the console

    gedit /etc/postgresql/POSTGRE_VERSION/main/pg_hba.conf

  2. Change all local configuration access to:

    local all postgres trust

  3. Restart postgres server

    sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

  4. Enjoy :)

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