---
title: "Install a PostgreSQL extension"
description: "Install an available extension on a PostgreSQL DBaaS instance from the Extensions tab."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "database"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/database/how-to/install-a-postgresql-extension/"
topic: ["extensions"]
---

# Install a PostgreSQL extension

Install an extension to add features to a PostgreSQL DBaaS instance. You install extensions one at a
time from the DBaaS instance's **Extensions** tab.

## Before you begin

This works on a DBaaS instance that runs PostgreSQL, the engine with an **Extensions** tab.

## Install an extension

1. On the PostgreSQL DBaaS instance's **Extensions** tab, find the extension you want.
2. Choose the **Version** your application needs.
3. Click **Install**. The button reads **Installing...** while the install runs, then **Installed**
   when the extension is in place.

A failed install leaves your DBaaS instance unaffected; click **Install** to try again.

The extension is now installed on the DBaaS instance. To work with it, connect to the DBaaS
instance; see [Connect to a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/database/how-to/connect-to-a-database/). If a
restore of your own dump prints "Must be superuser to create this extension", see
[Troubleshooting DBaaS](/myaccount/database/troubleshooting/database/#a-restore-prints-must-be-superuser-to-create-this-extension).