Time for action - creating the Mahara database
1. Open up your phpPgAdmin panel from your Internet browser and log in. The username is hopefully postgres. Contact your admin if you are unsure of the database password or how to locate the phyPgAdmin panel.
2. On the front page there is a section that invites you to create database, click there. Give your database a relevant name such as mysite_Mahara. Make sure you select the UTF8 collation from the drop-down box. Finally, click Create.
3. If you want to, it is a good idea to have a new user for each database you create. Use phpPgAdmin to create a new user.
4. That's it, you're done!
What Just Happened?
We just created the database for our Mahara installation using the open source phpPgAdmin tool available for Linux. Another way to create the database on your server is to use the database command line tool.
Have a go hero - using the command line to create your database
Using the command line is a much more elegant way to create the database and quicker once you get the hang of it. Why not have a go at creating the database using the command line? For instructions on how to do this see the database section of the Mahara installation guide: http://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Installing_Mahara.
