CREATE_SERVER - define a new foreign server

CREATESERVER conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED).

CREATESERVER defines a new foreign server. The user who defines the server becomes its owner.

       A foreign server typically encapsulates connection information that a foreign-data wrapper uses to access
       an external data resource. Additional user-specific connection information may be specified by means of
       user mappings.

       The server name must be unique within the database.

       Creating a server requires USAGE privilege on the foreign-data wrapper being used.

       Create a server myserver that uses the foreign-data wrapper postgres_fdw:

           CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (host 'foo', dbname 'foodb', port '5432');

       See postgres_fdw for more details.

       CREATE_SERVER - define a new foreign server

       When using the dblink module, a foreign server's name can be used as an argument of the dblink_connect(3)
       function to indicate the connection parameters. It is necessary to have the USAGE privilege on the
       foreign server to be able to use it in this way.

       If the foreign server supports sort pushdown, it is necessary for it to have the same sort ordering as
       the local server.

       IF NOT EXISTS
           Do not throw an error if a server with the same name already exists. A notice is issued in this case.
           Note that there is no guarantee that the existing server is anything like the one that would have
           been created.

       server_name
           The name of the foreign server to be created.

       server_type
           Optional server type, potentially useful to foreign-data wrappers.

       server_version
           Optional server version, potentially useful to foreign-data wrappers.

       fdw_name
           The name of the foreign-data wrapper that manages the server.

       OPTIONS ( option 'value' [, ... ] )
           This clause specifies the options for the server. The options typically define the connection details
           of the server, but the actual names and values are dependent on the server's foreign-data wrapper.

       ALTER SERVER (ALTER_SERVER(7)), DROP SERVER (DROP_SERVER(7)), CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER
       (CREATE_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (CREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE(7)), CREATE USER MAPPING
       (CREATE_USER_MAPPING(7))

PostgreSQL 17.5                                       2025                                      CREATESERVER(7)

       CREATE SERVER [ IF NOT EXISTS ] server_name [ TYPE 'server_type' ] [ VERSION 'server_version' ]
           FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER fdw_name
           [ OPTIONS ( option 'value' [, ... ] ) ]