Hello
I’m planning to move one of my PostgreSQL database from DO droplet to database cluster.
On the droplet I’m using PostGIS extension together with PostgreSQL. Moving to database cluster, what is alternative to install and use PostGIS as extension of PostgreSQL on the node.
Thanks,
Viet Anh
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If you haven’t figured it out yet…
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/databases/postgresql/resources/supported-extensions/
There really are 2 ways to do this.
- Connect to your droplet using psql and then use the CREATE EXTENSION…Command
OR
- Install PgAdmin4 (locally) , connect your cluster, expand your db, right click on “Extensions”, click “CREATE” and then “Extension” (or something like that) and the dialog that comes up has a ton of extensions to choose from in the drop down. Be sure to look at all the tabs and all the drop downs to ensure you are getting what you expect (e.g. there may be more than 1 version of postgis available…
Hope this helps.
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