Set Up PostgreSQL#

Determined uses a PostgreSQL database to store experiment and trial metadata.

Note

We recommend installing the latest available version of PostgreSQL.

Note

If you are using an existing PostgreSQL installation, we recommend confirming that max_connections is at least 96, which is sufficient for Determined. See: Max Connections.

Setting Up a Docker PostgreSQL Environment#

  1. Install Docker on all machines in the cluster. If the agent machines have GPUs, ensure that the NVIDIA Container Toolkit on each one is working as expected.

  2. Pull the official Docker image for the latest PostgreSQL version.

    docker pull postgres:14

    This image is not provided by Determined AI; visit its Docker Hub page for more information.

  3. Pull the Docker image for the master or agent on each machine where these services will run. There is a single master container running in a Determined cluster, and typically there is one agent container running on a given machine. A single machine can host both the master container and an agent container. Run the commands below, replacing VERSION with a valid Determined version, such as the current version, 0.38.0:

    docker pull determinedai/determined-master:VERSION
docker pull determinedai/determined-agent:VERSION

  4. Start PostgreSQL as follows:

    docker run \
    -d \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    --name determined-db \
    -p 5432:5432 \
    -v determined_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
    -e POSTGRES_DB=determined \
    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<Database password> \
    postgres:14

    If the master will connect to PostgreSQL via Docker networking, exposing port 5432 via the -p argument isn’t necessary; however, you may still want to expose it for administrative or debugging purposes. In order to expose the port only on the master machine’s loopback network interface, pass -p 127.0.0.1:5432:5432 instead of -p 5432:5432.

Setting Up a Linux PostgreSQL Environment#

Note

If you are installing Determined using Linux packages, you can use a Docker container or your Linux distribution’s package and service.

Install PostgreSQL using apt or yum#

  1. Install PostgreSQL.

    Debian Distributions

    On Debian distributions, use the following command:

    sudo apt install postgresql

    Red Hat Distributions

    On Red Hat distributions, you’ll need to configure the PostgreSQL yum repository as described in the Red Hat Linux documentation. Then, install PostgreSQL:

    sudo yum install postgresql-server -y
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service

  2. The authentication methods enabled by default may vary depending on the provider of your PostgreSQL distribution. To enable the determined-master to connect to the database, ensure that an appropriate authentication method is configured in the pg_hba.conf file.

    When configuring the database connection as described in Configure and Start the Cluster, note the following:

    • If you specify the db.hostname property, you must use a PostgreSQL host (TCP/IP) connection.

    • If you omit the db.hostname property, you must use a PostgreSQL local (Unix domain socket) connection.

  3. Finally, create a database for Determined’s use and configure a system account that Determined will use to connect to the database.

    For example, executing the following commands will create a database named determined, create a user named determined with the password determined-password, and grant the user access to the database:

    sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE determined;
postgres=# CREATE USER determined WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'determined-password';
postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE determined TO determined;
postgres=# \c determined
determined=> GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO determined;

Next Steps#

  • ref:

    Set Up Determined Overview <basic-setup>