R-PostgreSQL integration
1. Installation of postgresql and creating users, databases and granting
permissions to them:
A. Installation:
a) lsb_release –a #to check the Ubuntu version
b) sudo apt-get update
c) sudo apt-get install postgresql #default version of postgresql
supported by Ubuntu is 9.3
d) sudo su postgres #to switch to postgres user
e) psql –d postgres –U postgres #to log on to postgres database
B. Creating Users:
a) #CREATE USER app_ro WITH PASSWORD ‘mypassword’;
b) #CREATE USER app_rw WITH PASSWORD ‘mypassword’;
c) #ALTER USER app_ro WITH PASSWORD ‘mynewpassword’;
C. Creating Database
CREATE DATABASE myapp;
i. Switch/Log onto that database
#\c myapp
ii. Revoking permissions for this database
#REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE myapp FROM PUBLIC;
#REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROMPUBLIC;
iii. To see the created users info
#\du
D. Granting Permissions :
#GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE myapp to app_ro;
#GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE myapp to app_rw;
To see the information of the granted permissions
#\l
#GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public to app_ro;
For app_rw user
#GRANT SELECT,UPDATE,INSERT,DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN
SCHEMA public to app_rw;
#\l
iv. Creating Tables
#CREATE TABLE test(id serial,name varchar(40));
v. To see the permissions in the table
#\z
vi. Granting the permissions to the tables
#GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public to app_ro;
#\z
vii. To give all the permissions give the following 3 commands for
app_ro user:
#GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public to app_ro;
#GRANT SELECT ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public to app_ro;
#GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public to app_ro;
#\z
viii. To give all the permissions give the following 3 commands for
app_rw user:
#GRANT SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA
public to app_rw;
#GRANT SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE ON ALL SEQUENCES IN
SCHEMA public to app_rw;
#GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public to app_rw;
#\z
#\q
ix. To add privileges by default, so that we do not need to do the
above 3 steps repeatedly
$psql –d postgres –U postgres
#\c myapp
#ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT
ON TABLES to app_ro;
# ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT
ON SEQUENCES to app_ro;
x. For app_rw user:
# ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT,
UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE ON TABLES TO app_rw;
# ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT,
UPDATE ON SEQUENCES TO app_rw;
xi. Now create a table and see, the privileged are given by default
#CREATE TABLE test2(id serial,name varchar(40));
#\z
xii. Inserting values in the table test:
$sudo su postgres
#\c myapp
#insert into test(name) Values(‘test me’);
# insert into test(name) Values(‘test me too’);
#select * from test;
#\q
exit
2. Installing of RPostgreSQL library in R and connecting to the database
created above:
We have already installed R, so open a terminal and type R, to get into the R-
prompt.
A. Installing RPostgreSQL package
>system(‘gksudo “apt-get –y install postgresql-9.3 libpq-dev” ‘)
>install.packages(“RPostgreSQL”) //select CRAN as 0.cloud
>library(RPostgreSQL) //if this command runs without giving any
error, means you have installed RPostgresql package successfully.
We have referred the following YouTube videos for these part:
1. For installing and getting started with PostgreSql:
https://youtu.be/67XGzdzv9k0
2. For Connectivity of R and PostgreSQL:
https://youtu.be/90j5rX6iSGI
