PostgreSQL Setup

1. Go to the following link to download Postgres and select the one based on the operating system you are running and download the 17.4🡪 Postgres Download

   

2. Once you have downloaded the file double click on the executable to start the installation process. When the installation window pops up, keep selecting next until you reach the following window.

   

3. Once you arrive here change the installation directory to the D drive as shown in the image below and click next

   

4. In the following window make sure that all the items are select as shown below and click Next

   

5. In the following page make sure that the data directory in also in the D drive as shown below and click Next

   

6. In the following page you will be prompted to enter a root password for Postgres. Enter a password of your choosing and click Next

   

7. In the following page you will be prompted for a port number. Leave the default and click Next

   

8. The next window will ask for the locale. Keep the default selection and click Next

   

9. Keep clicking Next and you will see the installation happening as shown below. This may take a few minutes

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11. Once the installation is done, you will reach the following page. You can keep the checkbox selected or deselect it if you feel you don't need any additional tools. Once you've made your decision click Finish.

    

Setup Keys for SSL

1. Here are the commands to create the key and certificate to use with Postgres. This would require you to have OpenSSL installed on your machine. If you don't have OpenSSL installed on Windows here's the link to get started: OpenSSL Installation

# Server private key

openssl genrsa -out postgres-server.key 4096

# Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

openssl req -new -key postgres-server.key -out postgres-server.csr -subj "/CN=rqlite-server"

# Sign with CA

openssl x509 -req -in postgres-server.csr -CA postgres-ca.crt -CAkey postgres-ca.key -CAcreateserial -out postgres-server.crt -days 365 -sha256

Postgres TLS Setup

1. When configuring TLS for Postgres go to the postgresql.conf file. This would be in the directory Postgres was installed in. The snippet should be below line 105 in the file. Here find the following code and turn on ssl, ssl_prefer_server_ciphers and ssl_ciphers. After that assign your ssl key to ssl_key_file and ssl certificate to ssl_cert_file.

# - SSL -

ssl = on

#ssl_ca_file = ''

ssl_cert_file = '[certfile]'

#ssl_crl_file = ''

#ssl_crl_dir = ''

ssl_key_file = '[keyfile]'

ssl_ciphers = 'HIGH:MEDIUM:+3DES:!aNULL'  # allowed SSL ciphers

ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = on

#ssl_ecdh_curve = 'prime256v1'

#ssl_min_protocol_version = 'TLSv1.2'

#ssl_max_protocol_version = ''

#ssl_dh_params_file = ''

#ssl_passphrase_command = ''

#ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload = off

2. Once you have completed the above step go to pg_hba.conf which should be in the same directory and make the following changes. This would allow endpoints to be able to communicate and send telemetry to the database.

# ----------------------

# Authentication Records

# ----------------------

#

# This file controls: which hosts are allowed to connect, how clients

# are authenticated, which PostgreSQL user names they can use, which

# databases they can access.  Records take one of these forms:

#

# local         DATABASE  USER  METHOD  [OPTIONS]

# host          DATABASE  USER  ADDRESS  METHOD  [OPTIONS]

hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5

# hostnossl     DATABASE  USER  ADDRESS  METHOD  [OPTIONS]

# hostgssenc    DATABASE  USER  ADDRESS  METHOD  [OPTIONS]

# hostnogssenc  DATABASE  USER  ADDRESS  METHOD  [OPTIONS]

3. If you would like to configure the IP address, port number, and maximum connections that can be made to the database, go to "Connection Settings" in the postgresql.conf file which should be below line 58 in the file. There make the changes to the following lines

listen_addresses = '*'

          # comma-separated list of addresses;

          # defaults to 'localhost'; use '*' for all

          # (change requires restart)

port = 5432

max_connections = 100

Database Setup

The purpose of running this setup is to initialize the database with the appropriate tables and users with the correct permissions to be able to insert data from the agent.

1. First clone the repository for the application from GitHub

2. Once that's done go to navigate to the dev directory and run the following command: 

python dbsetup.py

Running this script will create the tables and the users needed to ingest data from the agent. Once this is complete you can start the agent by running the following command:

python agent.py

Beekeeper Studio Installation

1. Go to the following link to install Beekeeper Studio: Beekeeper Studio Installation

2. Once installed open Beekeeper Studio and select Postgres under "Connection Type" in the dropdown menu

   

3. Once you have selected that enter the IP address and port number along with your credentials and default database you are attempting to connect to as shown below.

   

4. To connect to the database using TLS toggle and expand "Enable TLS" as shown below

   

5. Once expanded enter your certificate file along with your database credentials to connect to the database. Uncheck "Reject Unauthorized" if using self-signed certificates as shown below