Installing Liferay 5.2.3 Using Postgres 8

1. Install and create lportal database (Note: for this example I used lportal523)

- Open pgAdmin III (Start Menu on Win Systems)
- Enter the name you want to use for the database (ex. lportal523)




















2. Download the appropriate driver version and place in lib/ext

Version 3:
Use this if you're running JVM 1.5
http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar

Version 4:

Use this if you're running JVM 1.6

http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc4.jar

Keep in mind that if you're using the Liferay bundle defaults, you're using JVM 1.5.

3. Set the properties in the portal-ext.properties file

jdbc.default.driverClassName=org.postgresql.Driver
jdbc.default.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/lportal523
jdbc.default.username=postgres
jdbc.default.password=whateveryourpasswordis

4. Startup Liferay. Your database will look like this:



Enjoy!