---
title: How to create a PostgreSQL database
description: This page explains how to create a PostgreSQL database
tags: webhosting postgresql database
dates:
  validation: 2025-09-03
  posted: 2021-08-05
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
import WebhostingOnline from '@macros/webhosting/webhosting-online.mdx'


<WebhostingOnline />

PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system that uses the SQL language. It is open source and well known for its stability, reliability and strong community.

Compared with MySQL, PostgreSQL has the following advantages:

* Better compliance with SQL standards,
* Stricter data integrity,
* More native data types,
* Much more customizable/extensible (define custom data types and functions),
* More advanced support of transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and views,
* Asynchronous notifications and treatments,
* Better scalability.

However, it has the following limitations:

* More complex to understand,
* Replication is harder to implement,
* Generally less well-supported than MySQL in current projects (CMS, for example).

<Requirements />

- A Dedibox account logged into the Online [console](https://console.online.net)
- Created a **Webhosting Classic**
- [Created](/classic-hosting/how-to/create-postgresql-database/) a PostgreSQL database

1. Click **Hosting**. A list of your webhosting accounts displays.
2. Click **Manage** next to the hosting you want to configure. The webhosting overview page displays.
3. Click **PostgreSQL databases** under **Databases** in the side menu. The list of your databases displays.
4. Click **Add database**. A pop-up displays.
5. Enter the database name, the database password, and its confirmation. Then click **Create PostgreSQL database**.
    <Message type="tip">
      For a strong password, combine lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters.
    </Message>

Once created, your database displays in the list of your PostgreSQL databases.