community.postgresql.postgresql_db: Create & Manage PostgreSQL Databases — Video Tutorial

How to Create a PostgreSQL Database with Ansible? I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot. Ansible Create a PostgreSQL Database > `community.postgresql.postgresql_db` Add or remove PostgreSQL databases from a remote host Let's talk about the Ansible module `postgresql_db`. The full name is `community.postgresql.postgresql_db`, which means that is part of the collection of modules "community.postgresql" maintained by the Ansible Community to interact with PostgreSQL. The collection is tested with `ansible-core` version 2.11+, prior versions such as 2.9 or 2.10 are not supported. The purpose of the module is to add or remove PostgreSQL databases from a remote host. Parameters - `name` _string_ - Name of database - `state` _string_ - present/absent/dump/restore/rename - The operation Let me summarize the main parameters of the module `postgresql_db`. Ansible supposes that PostgreSQL is in the target node. The only required parameter is "name", the name of the database to interact with. The parameter "state" specify the desired state or the operation for the selected database. The option "present" means that the database should be created and the option "absent" means that the database should be deleted. Other useful operations are "dump" and "restore" that uses `pg_dump`, the embedded PostgreSQL utility to backup and restore to the `target` file. Another useful operation is `rename`, from `name` to `target`. This module uses `psycopg2`, a Python PostgreSQL database library. You must ensure that `python3-psycopg2` is installed on the host before using this module. Links - [`community.postgresql.postgresql_db`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/postgresql/postgresql_db_module.html#ansible-collections-community-postgresql-postgresql-db-module) ## Playbook Let's jump into a real-life Ansible Playbook to Create a PostgreSQL Database. I'm going to show you how to create the `testdb` database in the current PostgreSQL server. code ```yaml --- - name: postgresql Playbook hosts: all become: true vars: db_name: testdb tasks: - name: Utility present ansible.builtin.package: name: python3-psycopg2 state: present - name: Create db community.postgresql.postgresql_db: state: present name: "{{ db_name }}" become: true become_user: postgres ``` execution ```bash $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory postgresql/db_create.yml PLAY [postgresql Playbook] ************************************************************************************ TASK [Gathering Facts] ************************************************************************************ ok: [demo.example.com] TASK [utility present] ************************************************************************************ ok: [demo.example.com] TASK [Create db] ********************************