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class="theme-doc-markdown markdown"><header><h1>Interacting with a database server</h1></header>
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<p>This tutorial covers the following end-to-end tasks required to interact with a database server from within the Podman Desktop UI:</p>
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<li class="">Pulling a database server image</li>
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<li class="">Creating a database server instance</li>
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<li class="">Accessing the instance from terminal</li>
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<p>For creating a database instance, you can use one of the following options:</p>
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<li class=""><a class="" href="/docs/containers/images/building-an-image">Build a database server image using a container or docker file</a></li>
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<li class=""><a class="" href="/tutorial/managing-your-application-resources#managing-images">Import a database server image from your local machine</a> using the <strong>Import</strong> button on the <em>Images</em> component page</li>
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<li class="">Pull a database server image from a registry (covered in this tutorial)</li>
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<p>This tutorial focuses on creating a PostgreSQL server instance by pulling the <code>quay.io/fedora/postgresql-16</code> image from the <em>quay.io</em> registry.</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_tleR" id="before-you-begin">Before you begin<a href="#before-you-begin" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Before you begin" title="Direct link to Before you begin" translate="no"></a></h2>
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<p>Make sure you have:</p>
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<li class=""><a class="" href="/docs/installation">Installed Podman Desktop</a>.</li>
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<li class=""><a class="" href="/docs/podman/creating-a-podman-machine">A running Podman machine</a>.</li>
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<li class="">A developer role.</li>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_tleR" id="pulling-a-postgresql-server-image">Pulling a PostgreSQL server image<a href="#pulling-a-postgresql-server-image" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Pulling a PostgreSQL server image" title="Direct link to Pulling a PostgreSQL server image" translate="no"></a></h2>
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<li class="">Click <strong>Images</strong> in the left navigation pane.</li>
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<li class="">Click the <strong>Pull</strong> button.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="pulling an image" src="/assets/images/pull-button-b61a933a48870abeefb656425505cdf1.png" width="983" height="187" class="img_SS3x"></li>
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<li class="">Enter the name of the image to pull from the registry.</li>
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<li class="">Click <strong>Pull image</strong>. A download complete notification opens.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="clicking the pull button" src="/assets/images/click-pull-image-020dee62bb11f3d9e9f3b62c2482cbb0.png" width="981" height="546" class="img_SS3x"></li>
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<li class="">Click <strong>Done</strong>.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="image pulled successfully" src="/assets/images/image-successfully-pulled-13e3d2c1b3dd2cf2b2176b9b90ece773.png" width="979" height="316" class="img_SS3x"></li>
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<li class="">View the newly created <code>quay.io/fedora/postgresql-16</code> image on the same page.
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<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_tleR" id="creating-a-postgresql-server-instance">Creating a PostgreSQL server instance<a href="#creating-a-postgresql-server-instance" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Creating a PostgreSQL server instance" title="Direct link to Creating a PostgreSQL server instance" translate="no"></a></h2>
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<ol>
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<li class="">
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<p>Click <strong>Images</strong> in the left navigation pane.</p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Click the <strong>Run Image</strong> icon corresponding to the PostgreSQL server image you want to run.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="running an image" src="/assets/images/run-image-icon-7bbf95c413596d1a899d3af1d30e7460.png" width="991" height="185" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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</li>
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<li class="">
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<p>Configure the basic details, such as container name, port mapping, and environment variables for the PostgreSQL server instance.</p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Click <strong>Start Container</strong>.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="starting a container" src="/assets/images/starting-a-postgresql-container-eaf09f815af6044b5c3b1fba5882fcd8.png" width="994" height="622" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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</li>
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<li class="">
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<p>View the successful operation notification in the <em>Tty</em> tab of the <em>Container Details</em> page.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="sql server started" src="/assets/images/postgresql-server-started-d473dead665265b5e300cf1a879d9240.png" width="1005" height="574" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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<p>View the newly created PostgreSQL server container on the page.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="database container created" src="/assets/images/database-container-created-96d3e084032be89d60aff3fe735e29d6.png" width="994" height="393" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetStickyNavbar_tleR" id="accessing-the-instance-from-terminal">Accessing the instance from terminal<a href="#accessing-the-instance-from-terminal" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Accessing the instance from terminal" title="Direct link to Accessing the instance from terminal" translate="no"></a></h2>
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<ol>
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<li class="">
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<p>Click <strong>Containers</strong> in the left navigation pane.</p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Click the created <code>postgresql-database</code> container. The <em>Container Details</em> page opens.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="database container" src="/assets/images/database-container-created-96d3e084032be89d60aff3fe735e29d6.png" width="994" height="393" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Select the <strong>Terminal</strong> tab.</p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Run the <code>psql</code> command to connect to the database server. The prompt changes to <code>postgres=#</code>.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="connect to the PostgreSQL server instance" src="/assets/images/connect-to-postgresql-f1e17c026240963edac51b465d8ecfe4.png" width="1007" height="201" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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<li class="">
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<p>Interact with the database server by running any PostgreSQL commands, such as <code>\list</code>:
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="interact with the database" src="/assets/images/interacted-with-database-5a2cd6462083643891b88f15dcfc5b0d.png" width="1002" height="305" class="img_SS3x"></p>
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