16.131. cdist-type__postgres_extension(7)¶

16.131.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__postgres_extension - Manage PostgreSQL extensions

16.131.2. DESCRIPTION¶

This cdist type allows you to manage PostgreSQL extensions.

The __object_id to pass to __postgres_extension is of the form dbname:extension, e.g.:

rails_test:unaccent

CAUTION! Be careful when installing extensions from (untrusted) third-party sources:

Installing an extension as superuser requires trusting that the extension's author wrote the extension installation script in a secure fashion. It is not terribly difficult for a malicious user to create trojan-horse objects that will compromise later execution of a carelessly-written extension script, allowing that user to acquire superuser privileges.

– https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/sql-createextension.html#id-1.9.3.64.7

16.131.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: either present or absent, defaults to present.

16.131.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Install extension unaccent into database rails_test
__postgres_extension rails_test:unaccent

# Drop extension unaccent from database fails_test
__postgres_extension rails_test:unaccent --state absent

16.131.5. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type__postgres_database(7)
PostgreSQL "CREATE EXTENSION" documentation at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createextension.html.

16.131.6. AUTHORS¶

Tomas Pospisek <tpo_deb--@--sourcepole.ch>

Dennis Camera <dennis.camera--@--ssrq-sds-fds.ch>

16.131.7. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2014 Tomas Pospisek, 2021 Dennis Camera. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.