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Comment: link to DS-2716 for pgcrypto

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  • Start by installing the "pgcrypto" module (must have version 1.1 or above for the "gen_random_uuid()" method, see
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    • In many Linux systems (especially Debian/Ubuntu), pgcrypto is provided in the "postgresql-contrib" package.
  • Connect to the database using user postgres
  • Run the following command: "CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;"
  • The output of the command if successful is blank, so you can always try to run "SELECT gen_random_uuid();" which should return a result.

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