Cloud9 postgres

Question

I am trying to set up a postgres database in a Rails app in Cloud9.

I have followed the instructions here: https://docs.c9.io/setting_up_postgresql.html and set up

Answer 1

A short version when you have rails app prior to creating any databases:

add the gem 'pg' remove gem sqlite3

$ bundle install
$ gem install pg

Then,

$sudo service postgresql start
$psql -c "create database myapp_development owner=ubuntu"

as per https://community.c9.io/t/how-do-i-set-up-postgresql-on-c9-for-my-rails-app/2614/4

Changing myapp for whatever name. Then, copy-paste below, changing myapp for whatever name.

/myapp/config/database.yml
    development:
      adapter: postgresql
      encoding: unicode
      database: myapp_development
      pool: 5
      username: ubuntu
      password:
      timeout: 5000

As above comments, no password needed, username can stay ubuntu.

$rake db:migrate

If you're using heroku, you won't need the production section in database.yml