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Configuring the Repository

Using packages from the pgedge repository is an easy way to manage Postgres and supporting components. Before using the pgedge repository, you'll need to request an access certificate from pgEdge.

Meeting Platform-Specific Prerequisites

Before configuring local access to the repository (pgedge), you should ensure that your system does not contain any community Postgres packages. Then, install the platform-specific prerequisites for your system with the commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl
sudo apt-get install -y gnupg2
sudo apt-get install lsb-release

Creating the Repository

After meeting the prerequisites for your system, create the repository with the command:

sudo curl -sSL https://downloads.pgedge.com/repodeb/pgedge-release_latest_all.deb -o /tmp/pgedge-release.deb

sudo dpkg -i /tmp/pgedge-release.deb && rm -f /tmp/pgedge-release.deb || true

Requesting and Registering Your Certificate

Access to the pgedge repository requires a certificate from pgEdge. The following command, run on the host that will install the packages, registers the host and creates its private key and a certificate signing request in the client.csr file:

sudo pgedge-subscription-manager register-system

Email the client.csr file to pgEdge support at support@pgedge.com, with:

  • your organization's name and customer ID.
  • the type of certificate you need (a trial or a paid subscription).
  • how long the host needs access; a trial provides 30 days of access by default.

pgEdge returns your certificate, client.crt, by email. Each host that downloads packages needs its own certificate, so repeat these steps once on every host; you can send several requests in one email if you rename each client.csr to identify the host. Copy client.crt to the host, then install the certificate with the following command, giving the path to the file. The command also enables the repository:

sudo pgedge-subscription-manager install complete_path_to/client.crt

For file locations, the status command, and certificate expiration, see Obtaining and Installing a Repository Certificate. After installing the certificate, you're ready to use the repository to install Postgres and supporting components.

Updating an Existing Repository

If you installed the pgedge repository before March 1, 2026, replace the repository sources and register the host for a repository certificate. The new repository package leaves the repository disabled until you install the certificate, so the host can't install or update packages from the pgedge repository until pgEdge returns your certificate and you install it.

Use the following steps to update an existing repository:

  1. Remove the existing repository sources with the command:

    sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgedge.sources

  2. Install the new repository package, as described in Creating the Repository.

  3. Register the host and install its certificate, as described in Requesting and Registering Your Certificate.

  4. Refresh the repository contents and upgrade your packages with the commands:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade <package_name>