# postgres setup on centos 7
```
yum install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/10/redhat/rhel-7.7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat10-10-2.noarch.rpm
yum install postgresql10-server postgresql10
/usr/pgsql-10/bin/postgresql-10-setup initdb
systemctl start postgresql-10
systemctl enable postgresql-10
systemctl status postgresql-10 
sudo -u postgres psql
```

Once in the psql command line:
```
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE sensu_events;
CREATE DATABASE
postgres=# CREATE USER sensu WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'mypass';
CREATE ROLE
postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE sensu_events TO sensu;
GRANT
```

Add sensu user to the pg_hba.conf