In the lasts posts in this series we’ve looked at Fujitsu’s distribution of PostgreSQL (here and here) and EnterpriseDB’s distribution of PostgreSQL (here and here) which both come with support for TDE (Transparent Data Encryption). A third player is Cybertec with it’s Cybertec PostgreSQL EE distribution of PostgreSQL and this is the distribution we’re looking at in this and the next post.
Cybertec provides free access to their repositories with the limitation of 1GB data per table. As with Fujitsu, the supported versions of Linux distributions are based RHEL (8,9 & 10) and SLES (15 & 16).
Installing Cybertec’s distribution of PostgreSQL is, the same as with Fujitsu and EnterpriseDB, just a matter of attaching the repository and installing the packages. Before I am going to do that I’ll disable the EnterpriseDB repositories for not running into any issues with those when installing another distribution of PostgreSQL:
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
repo id repo name
enterprisedb-enterprise enterprisedb-enterprise
enterprisedb-enterprise-noarch enterprisedb-enterprise-noarch
enterprisedb-enterprise-source enterprisedb-enterprise-source
rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf config-manager --disable enterprisedb-*
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
repo id repo name
rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
[root@postgres-tde ~]$
Attaching the Cybertec repository for version 18 of PostgreSQL:
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ version=18
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/cybertec-pg$version.repo <<EOF
[cybertec_pg$version]
name=CYBERTEC PostgreSQL $version repository for RHEL/CentOS \$releasever - \$basearch
baseurl=https://repository.cybertec.at/public/$version/redhat/\$releasever/\$basearch
gpgkey=https://repository.cybertec.at/assets/cybertec-rpm.asc
enabled=1
[cybertec_common]
name=CYBERTEC common repository for RHEL/CentOS \$releasever - \$basearch
baseurl=https://repository.cybertec.at/public/common/redhat/\$releasever/\$basearch
gpgkey=https://repository.cybertec.at/assets/cybertec-rpm.asc
enabled=1
EOF
[cybertec_pg18]
name=CYBERTEC PostgreSQL 18 repository for RHEL/CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=https://repository.cybertec.at/public/18/redhat/$releasever/$basearch
gpgkey=https://repository.cybertec.at/assets/cybertec-rpm.asc
enabled=1
[cybertec_common]
name=CYBERTEC common repository for RHEL/CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=https://repository.cybertec.at/public/common/redhat/$releasever/$basearch
gpgkey=https://repository.cybertec.at/assets/cybertec-rpm.asc
enabled=1
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
repo id repo name
cybertec_common CYBERTEC common repository for RHEL/CentOS 9 - x86_64
cybertec_pg18 CYBERTEC PostgreSQL 18 repository for RHEL/CentOS 9 - x86_64
rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
[root@postgres-tde ~]$
Let’s check what we have available:
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf search postgresql18-ee
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:10 ago on Mon 09 Mar 2026 09:33:05 AM CET.
================================================================================================== Name Exactly Matched: postgresql18-ee ===================================================================================================
postgresql18-ee.x86_64 : PostgreSQL client programs and libraries
================================================================================================= Name & Summary Matched: postgresql18-ee ==================================================================================================
postgresql18-ee-contrib-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-contrib
postgresql18-ee-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee
postgresql18-ee-devel-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-devel
postgresql18-ee-ecpg-devel-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-ecpg-devel
postgresql18-ee-ecpg-libs-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-ecpg-libs
postgresql18-ee-libs-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-libs
postgresql18-ee-libs-oauth-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-libs-oauth
postgresql18-ee-llvmjit-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-llvmjit
postgresql18-ee-plperl-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-plperl
postgresql18-ee-plpython3-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-plpython3
postgresql18-ee-pltcl-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-pltcl
postgresql18-ee-server-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package postgresql18-ee-server
====================================================================================================== Name Matched: postgresql18-ee =======================================================================================================
postgresql18-ee-contrib.x86_64 : Contributed source and binaries distributed with PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-devel.x86_64 : PostgreSQL development header files and libraries
postgresql18-ee-docs.x86_64 : Extra documentation for PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-ecpg-devel.x86_64 : Development files for ECPG (Embedded PostgreSQL for C)
postgresql18-ee-ecpg-libs.x86_64 : Run-time libraries for ECPG programs
postgresql18-ee-libs.x86_64 : The shared libraries required for any PostgreSQL clients
postgresql18-ee-libs-oauth.x86_64 : The shared libraries required for any PostgreSQL clients - OAuth flow
postgresql18-ee-llvmjit.x86_64 : Just-in-time compilation support for PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-plperl.x86_64 : The Perl procedural language for PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-plpython3.x86_64 : The Python3 procedural language for PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-pltcl.x86_64 : The Tcl procedural language for PostgreSQL
postgresql18-ee-server.x86_64 : The programs needed to create and run a PostgreSQL server
postgresql18-ee-test.x86_64 : The test suite distributed with PostgreSQL
This are the usual suspects, so for getting it installed:
[root@postgres-tde ~]$ dnf install postgresql18-ee-server postgresql18-ee postgresql18-ee-contrib
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:29 ago on Mon 09 Mar 2026 10:30:17 AM CET.
Dependencies resolved.
============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
postgresql18-ee x86_64 18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2 cybertec_pg18 2.0 M
postgresql18-ee-contrib x86_64 18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2 cybertec_pg18 755 k
postgresql18-ee-server x86_64 18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2 cybertec_pg18 7.2 M
Installing dependencies:
postgresql18-ee-libs x86_64 18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2 cybertec_pg18 299 k
Transaction Summary
============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 4 Packages
Total download size: 10 M
Installed size: 46 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): postgresql18-ee-libs-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 299 kB 00:00
(2/4): postgresql18-ee-contrib-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64.rpm 3.1 MB/s | 755 kB 00:00
(3/4): postgresql18-ee-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64.rpm 6.8 MB/s | 2.0 MB 00:00
(4/4): postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64.rpm 13 MB/s | 7.2 MB 00:00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 13 MB/s | 10 MB 00:00
CYBERTEC PostgreSQL 18 repository for RHEL/CentOS 9 - x86_64 42 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x2D1B5F59:
Userid : "Cybertec International (Software Signing Key) <[email protected]>"
Fingerprint: FCFF 012F 4B39 9019 1352 BB03 AA6F 3CC1 2D1B 5F59
From : https://repository.cybertec.at/assets/cybertec-rpm.asc
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : postgresql18-ee-libs-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 1/4
Running scriptlet: postgresql18-ee-libs-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 1/4
Installing : postgresql18-ee-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 2/4
Running scriptlet: postgresql18-ee-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 2/4
Running scriptlet: postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 3/4
Installing : postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 3/4
Running scriptlet: postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 3/4
Installing : postgresql18-ee-contrib-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 4/4
Running scriptlet: postgresql18-ee-contrib-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 4/4
Verifying : postgresql18-ee-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 1/4
Verifying : postgresql18-ee-contrib-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 2/4
Verifying : postgresql18-ee-libs-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 3/4
Verifying : postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 4/4
Installed products updated.
Installed:
postgresql18-ee-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 postgresql18-ee-contrib-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 postgresql18-ee-libs-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64 postgresql18-ee-server-18.3-EE~demo.rhel9.cybertec2.x86_64
Complete!
… and that’s it. As with the other posts in this little series, we’ll have a look at how to start the instance and enable TDE in the next post.
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