postgres/documentation/docs/install.md

Installation

Considerations

You can use the following options to manage encryption keys:

• Use the HashiCorp Vault server. This is the recommended approach. The Vault server configuration is out of scope of this document. We assume that you have the Vault server up and running. For the pg_tde configuration, you need the following information:

  • The secret access token to the Vault server
  • The URL to access the Vault server
  • (Optional) The CA file used for SSL verification

• Use the local keyfile. This approach is rather used for development and testing purposes since the keys are stored unencrypted in the specified keyfile.

Procedure

Install pg_tde using one of available installation methods:

=== "Package manager"

The packages are available for the following operating systems:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and compatible derivatives
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and compatible derivatives
- Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)
- Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)
- Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye) 
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)

[Install on Debian or Ubuntu](apt.md){.md-button}
[Install on RHEL or derivatives](yum.md){.md-button}

=== "Build from source"

To build `pg_tde` from source code, do the following

1. On Ubuntu/Debian: Install the following dependencies required for the build:

    ```sh
    sudo apt install make gcc postgresql-server-dev-17 libcurl4-openssl-dev
    ```

2. [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 17 :octicons-link-external-16:](https://docs.percona.com/postgresql/17/installing.html) or [upstream PostgreSQL 17 :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.postgresql.org/download/)

3. If PostgreSQL is installed in a non standard directory, set the `PG_CONFIG` environment variable to point to the `pg_config` executable.

4. Clone the repository:  

    ```
    git clone git://github.com/percona/pg_tde
    ```

5. Compile and install the extension

    ```
    cd pg_tde
    make USE_PGXS=1
    sudo make USE_PGXS=1 install
    ```

=== "Run in Docker"

!!! note

    The steps below are for the `pg_tde` community version. 

    To run `pg_tde` version for Percona Server for PostgreSQL, [use the Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL Docker image :octicons-link-external-16:](https://docs.percona.com/postgresql/17/docker.html). 

You can find Docker images built from the current main branch on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/perconalab/pg_tde). Images are built on top of [postgres:16](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres) official image.     

To run `pg_tde` in Docker, use the following command:    

```
docker run --name pg-tde -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -d perconalab/pg_tde
```    

It builds and adds `pg_tde` extension to PostgreSQL 16. The `postgresql.conf` contains the required modifications. The `pg_tde` extension is added to `template1` so that all new databases automatically have the `pg_tde` extension loaded. 

Keys are not created automatically. You must configure a key provider and a principal key for each database  where you wish to use encrypted tables. See the instructions in the [Setup](setup.md) section, starting with the 4th point, as the first 3 steps are already completed in the Docker image.

See [Docker Docs](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres) on usage.    

You can also build a Docker image manually with:    

```
docker build . -f ./docker/Dockerfile -t your-image-name
```

Next steps

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