Postgres Packages with RHEL 6.8 Question
I'm building out a RHEL 6.8 with Jira Software and Postgresql for the backend. Currently this is a pilot and eventually once we get the results we want, then move to production.
I'm learning Postgresql on the fly and noticed that the packages that come with RHEL 6.8 are the following:
postgresql-server-8.4.20-6.el6.x86_64
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-6.el6.x86_64
postgresql-8.4.20-6.el6.x86_64
Using tutorials on postgresql's website, I've also noticed that Postgres doesn't support these packages and EOL was July 2014.
https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/
However from Red Hat's website, if I look for postgresql packages for RHEL 6.8, they have 9.2.18.
I'm just trying to understand, if there is an issue with Postgres, does Red Hat support me or help with the issue?
Also why would Red Hat package older packages with the OS if they aren't supported by the vendor? Or just download and install the latest packages tied to that version of RHEL?
thanks
Responses
Hi Christopher,
According to PostgreSQL docs, the version available depends on your distribution. PostgreSQL Linux downloads (Red Hat family)
RHEL/CentOS/SL/OL 7 9.2(also supplies package rh-postgresql95 and rh-postgresql94 via SCL)
RHEL/CentOS/SL/OL 6 8.4(also supplies package postgresql92)
RHEL/CentOS/SL/OL 5 8.1 (also supplies package postgresql84)
If PostgreSQL 8.4 is not what you want, you can use the PostgreSQL Yum Repository to retrieve newer versions.
yum install https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm
Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.
