PostGIS Creator

Creating a new empty PostGIS database as Data Source

It is accessible through:

Project > Add Layer > From Data Source... > PostGIS >
or
Tools > Data Source Explorer... > PostGIS >

To create a new PostGIS database name "my_db" as data source it is necessary to inform:

Server information

Host Name/IP = xxxx.dpi.inpe.br or localhost
Port = 5432
User = postgres
Password = *****

Creation Information

New Database Name = my_db
Template = template_postgis_20)

Advanced Creation Options (Optional) can be used to change same default parameters, like Owner, Encoding, Tablespace, Limit connections whose default values are Postgres, UTF8, pg_default and 4 respectively.
Apply

Note: After that a new PostGIS connector will be available with a title formed by host, database name and postgres at Data Source Selector> PostGIS interface where it can be changed using the Edit option

. In this example the connection title would be xxxx.dpi.inpe.br@my_db@postgres.