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faq pgadmin home introduction faq features news archive contributing licence privacy policy development introduction resources style guide translations team documentation introduction screenshots blog posts videos pgadmin 4 version 9 17 version 9 16 version 9 15 version 9 14 version 8 14 version 7 8 version 6 21 development support introduction mailing list issues security advisories download faq general what is pgadmin 4 what browsers does pgadmin support why doesn t pgadmin use the native file management dialogues what is the master password and how do i use it or remove it configuration what are server mode and desktop mode what should i set the binary path configuration option to so i can make and restore backups troubleshooting how do i enable logging in pgadmin 4 when i open the query tool or other tools in a new tab i get connection to server lost or csrf tokens do not match on safari versions 12 how do i start pgadmin such that it outputs a log to the console why does pgadmin seem to use a lot of cpu cycles when pgadmin runs in desktop mode on my windows pc i just see unformatted text on the left of the window why on macos i get an error like pgadmin 4 is damaged and cannot be opened general what is pgadmin 4 pgadmin is a management tool for postgresql and derivative relational databases such as enterprisedb s edb advanced server it may be run either as a web or desktop application for more information on the features offered please see the features and screenshots pages what browsers does pgadmin support the following browsers are supported with pgadmin when run on linux macos or windows we regularly test with a subset of the available versions and aim to fix issues found with any of them chrome 109 firefox 116 edge 121 safari 15 4 other browsers may work but are not tested and issues reported when using them with pgadmin may not be fixed why doesn t pgadmin use the native file management dialogues this is largely for a couple of reasons as pgadmin is a web application it can only interact with the local filesystem in ways that are allowed by modern web browsers this limits what is possible for security essentially files can only be downloaded or uploaded through a form there is no way to simply save an update to a file by hitting a save button nor is it possible to save the working directory for example when running in server mode files are read from and stored on the server to enable users to work with the same data whatever machine they happen to be using there are no native dialogues for working with files stored on a web server in this way so we have to implement our own we have done extensive evaluation and testing of various ways of managing files in pgadmin 4 and have consistently found that using our own dialogues provides the best experience one that we continue to refine and improve with user feedback what is the master password and how do i use it or remove it the master password is used to securely encrypt any credentials that you choose to save when using pgadmin without the master password or something similar that is supplied by the user the encryption keys must be generated from data that is stored on disk in a location known to pgadmin by examining the source code another user with the ability to access the encrypted passwords and the data used to generate the keys would be able to decrypt the saved passwords unfortunately this ability isn t limited to administrative users of the machine s containing the saved passwords and key data as you might immediately think malware that may have been inadvertently installed may be able to transmit the saved password database and key data to an attacker such malware could be part of another piece of software or something installed utilising a browser vulnerability for example the master password mitigates this problem by ensuring that the key data is never stored on disk i know my system is secure and can t possibly get infected with malware can i disable the master password yes though we strongly advise against doing so to do so find the config py file that is part of your pgadmin installation this is normally in a top level directory called web in the same directory create a file called config_local py and add a line that reads master_password_required false if the file already exists edit it and add the line when you restart pgadmin the master password will be disabled and passwords will be encrypted in an insecure manner which will protect them against shoulder surfing but will not prevent anyone from decrypting them fairly easily but why can t i disable the master password from the gui by requiring a change to the main configuration for pgadmin we allow system administrators to enforce a security policy which is often a requirement in corporate or other secure environments at present there are no general mechanisms in pgadmin to allow administrators to control which user preferences those options which can be configured through the gui can or cannot be changed configuration what are server mode and desktop mode when deploying pgadmin on a web server for multiple users it is run in server mode server_mode true this mode requires each user to have an account in pgadmin with their own password users are required to login to pgadmin in order to use it one or more users may be configured as an administrator and will be able to add or remove other users for more information please see the server deployment and user management documentation to allow running in desktop mode server_mode false a runtime application is provided to host and display the pgadmin code sometimes referred to as the application server in this mode each user runs their own instance of pgadmin thus no authentication or user management is required for more information please see the desktop deployment documentation what should i set the binary path configuration option to so i can make and restore backups pgadmin can utilise postgresql utilities such as pg_dump pg_restore to enable users to take backups and restore them as well as run other maintenance operations the directory path in which these utilities can be found must be provided to pgadmin to enable these features see file preferences paths binary paths you can specify separate paths for the postgresql and edb advanced server binaries in server mode the binaries must be installed on the server hosting pgadmin whilst in desktop mode they must be on the local machine that is running pgadmin the binary utilities are typically shipped with the database server packages for your platform future versions of pgadmin may include them in some desktop packages troubleshooting how do i enable logging in pgadmin 4 the default log settings for pgadmin will write warnings and errors to a logfile the location of which depends on the platform linux macos pgadmin pgadmin4 log windows appdata pgadmin pgadmin4 log to override the log settings create a file called config_local py in the web directory of the installation alongside the existing config py this file can be used to override any of the settings in config py which shouldn t be edited to modify the logging settings create a file similar to the following import logging application log level one of critical 50 error 40 warning 30 sql 25 info 20 debug 10 notset 0 console_log_level logging debug file_log_level logging debug log format console_log_format asctime s levelname s t name s t message s file_log_format asctime s levelname s t name s t message s log file name log_file desired path to pgadmin4 log once the configuration change has been made pgadmin must be restarted when i open the query tool or other tools in a new tab i get connection to server lost or csrf tokens do not match on safari versions 12 this has been seen mostly on safari browser versions 12 though it can happen with other browsers with non standard configurations it s reported that from v12 cfnetwork webkit which are used by safari erroneously treat the samesite none as the equivalent of samesite strict essentially whilst safari recognizes the samesite cookie attribute starting with version 12 their implementation has a bug for more information see this post on the apple forums and this webkit bug to work around this issue create a config_system py as shown in the documentation and add the following options session_cookie_samesite none session_cookie_secure true note these changes will disable security options in pgadmin this should be used as a last resort if and only if you have clients that are using safari and are affected by this issue and who cannot use an alternate browser how do i start pgadmin such that it outputs a log to the console if you re running in server mode or directly using python then console logs will be sent directly to the tty under which the application is started in desktop mode the process varies depending on the platform linux start the desktop runtime from the command line e g usr local pgadmin4 bin pgadmin4 adjusting the path as necessary macos start the desktop runtime from the command line e g applications pgadmin 4 app contents macos pgadmin4 adjusting the path as necessary windows console logs can be written to a file from the command line on windows e g c program files pgadmin 4 v2 runtime pgadmin4 exe temp pgadmin console log will write a log to temp pgadmin console log note that you may need to adjust the console_log_level option in config_local py to see useful information in the log see this faq for more information why does pgadmin seem to use a lot of cpu cycles pgadmin 4 s architecture will naturally require more cpu and memory than a traditional native desktop application however pgadmin 4 also includes continually updating dashboards that weren t present in pgadmin iii the dashboards update each graph every second by default even if they are not visible to avoid gaps in the data cpu usage may be noticably reduced by adjusting the refresh speed of the graphs to a longer period such as ten seconds this can be done under file preferences paths dashboards graphs after changes have been made you may need to navigate to a different dashboard instance for the changes to take effect when pgadmin runs in desktop mode on my windows pc i just see unformatted text on the left of the window why this behaviour has been observed by a number of users on windows essentially what is happening is that the browser is ignoring the stylesheets that properly format the display in all cases seen this was because a registry setting on the machine had been set to an incorrect value possibly by the installation of a particular editor to resolve the issue use the windows registry editor to reset the value of hkey_classes_root css content type to text css without the quotes and then restart pgadmin on macos i get an error like pgadmin 4 is damaged and cannot be opened this has been seen mostly on older versions of macos e g 10 10 unfortunately the error message is usually misleading and the digital signature of the application will validate correctly the actual problem is typically that the operating system is configured to only allow running of apps from the apple app store to change this setting open the preferences panel and then browse to security and privacy from there change the allow apps downloaded from setting to app store and identified developers more secure or anywhere less secure note that the available options and their labels vary from release to release of macos and may not be exactly as described above pgadmin the most popular and feature rich open source administration and development platform for postgresql the most advanced open source database in the world quick links download faq documentation support screenshots resources videos blog posts news archive features development contributing resources team translations legal licence privacy policy cookie settings 2026 pgadmin development team postgres postgresql and the slonik logo are 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