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. If a restore of your own dump prints “Must be superuser to create this extension”, see Troubleshooting DBaaS.