# salt.states.postgres_database

## Management of PostgreSQL databases

The postgres_database module is used to create and manage Postgres databases. Databases can be set as either absent or present

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      postgres_database.present

salt.states.postgres_database.absent(name, user=None, maintenance_db=None, db_password=None, db_host=None, db_port=None, db_user=None)

  Ensure that the named database is absent

  name

    The name of the database to remove

  db_user

    database username if different from config or default

  db_password

    user password if any password for a specified user

  db_host

    Database host if different from config or default

  db_port

    Database port if different from config or default

  user

    System user all operations should be performed on behalf of

    New in version 0.17.0.

salt.states.postgres_database.present(name, tablespace=None, encoding=None, lc_collate=None, lc_ctype=None, owner=None, owner_recurse=False, template=None, user=None, maintenance_db=None, db_password=None, db_host=None, db_port=None, db_user=None)

  Ensure that the named database is present with the specified properties. For more information about all of these options see man createdb(1)

  name

    The name of the database to manage

  tablespace

    Default tablespace for the database

  encoding

    The character encoding scheme to be used in this database

  lc_collate

    The LC_COLLATE setting to be used in this database

  lc_ctype

    The LC_CTYPE setting to be used in this database

  owner

    The username of the database owner

  owner_recurse

    Recurse owner change to all relations in the database

  template

    The template database from which to build this database

  user

    System user all operations should be performed on behalf of

  db_user

    database username if different from config or default

  db_password

    user password if any password for a specified user

  db_host

    Database host if different from config or default

  db_port

    Database port if different from config or default

    New in version 0.17.0.