Explore Azure Database for PostgreSQL

In this exercise you’ll provision an Azure Database for PostgreSQL resource in your Azure subscription.

This lab will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Before you start

You’ll need an Azure subscription in which you have administrative-level access.

Provision an Azure Database for PostgreSQL resource

In this exercise, you’ll provision an Azure Database for PostgreSQL resource.

1. In the Azure portal, select ＋ Create a resource from the upper left-hand corner and search for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Then in the resulting Azure Database for PostgreSQL page, select Create.

2. Review the Azure Database for PostgreSQL options that are available, and then in the Azure Database for PostgreSQL tile, select Flexible server (Recommended), then Create.

   

3. Enter the following values on the Create SQL Database page:
   • Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
   • Resource group: Create a new resource group with a name of your choice.
   • Server name: Enter a unique name.
   • Region: Select a region near you.
   • PostgreSQL version: Leave unchanged.
   • Workload type: Select Development.
   • Compute + storage: Leave unchanged.
   • Availability zone: Leave unchanged.
   • Enable high availability: Leave unchanged.
   • Admin username: Your name.
   • Password and Confirm password: A suitably complex password.

4. Select Next: Networking.

5. Under Firewall rules, select ＋ Add current client IP address.

6. Select Review + Create, and then select Create to create your Azure PostgreSQL database.

7. Wait for deployment to complete. Then go to the resource that was deployed, which should look like this:

   

8. Review the options for managing your Azure Database for PostgreSQL resource.

Tip: If you’ve finished exploring Azure Database for PostgreSQL, you can delete the resource group that you created in this exercise.