ikalnytskyi/Setup PostgreSQL for Linux/macOS/Windows

Setup a preinstalled PostgreSQL server.

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uses: ikalnytskyi/action-setup-postgres@c4dda34aae1c821e3a771b68b73b13af3198a7ee # v8

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Inputs

name	description	required	default
username	The username of the user to setup.	no	postgres
password	The password of the user to setup.	no	postgres
database	The database name to setup and grant permissions to created user.	no	postgres
port	The server port to listen on.	no	5432
postgres-version	The PostgreSQL major version to install. Either "14", "15", "16", "17" or "18".	—	18
ssl	When "true", encrypt connections using SSL (TLS).	no	false

Outputs

name	description
connection-uri	The connection URI to connect to PostgreSQL.
service-name	The service name with connection parameters.
certificate-path	The path to the server certificate if SSL is on.