psql and First Commands

Part of the PostgreSQL course

You now know what Postgres is for. The next problem is more practical: how do you actually talk to it? A running Postgres server just sits there listening on a network port, it has no windows, no buttons, nothing to click. Graphical database tools exist, but they are one more thing to install, they are not always available on a server you only reach over SSH, and every one of them is, under the hood, just sending...

Your workspace already has a Postgres server running and a superuser account called postgres. Open a terminal and connect to it ...