diff --git a/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix b/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b874141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homelab-services/postgresql-db/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+{
+  description = "Declare a new table and user for postgresql";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ...}: {
+    nixosModules.postgresql-db = {config, lib, pkgs, ...}:
+    let
+      opts = config.services.postgresql-db;
+    in {
+      options.services.posgresql-db = {
+        enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Postgres make DBs";
+
+        dataDir = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.path;
+          default = "var/lib/postgresql";
+          description = "Where to store database data";
+        };
+
+        port = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.port;
+          default = 5432;
+          description = "port to host postgresql";
+        };
+
+        credentialsFile = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.path;
+            description = "File containing postgresql user credentials";
+        };
+
+        databases = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+          default = [];
+          description = "list of databases to bootstrap";
+        };
+      };
+
+      config = lib.mkIf opts.enable {
+        users.groups.postgres = {};
+        users.users.postgres = {
+          isSystemUser = true;
+          createHome = true;
+          home = opts.dataDir;
+          group = "postgres";
+        };
+
+        services.postgresql = {
+          enable = true;
+          dataDir = opts.dataDir;
+          settings.port = opts.port;
+        };
+
+        systemd.services.bootstrap-psql = {
+          description = "Minio bootstrap users, policies, buckets";
+          after = [ "postgresql.service" ];
+          requires = [ "postgresql.service" ];
+          wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+          serviceConfig = {
+            Type = "oneshot";
+            User = "postgres";
+            Group = "postgres";
+            EnvironmentFile = opts.credentialsFile;
+
+            ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "bootstrap-psql" ''
+              set -euo pipefail
+
+              psql_bin=${pkgs.postgres}/bin/psql
+
+              # Create databases and users
+              for db in ${lib.escapeShellArgs opts.databases}; do
+                # Uppercase database name
+                db_upper="''${db^^}"
+
+                user_var="PSQL_''${db_upper}_USER"
+                pass_var="PSQL_''${db_upper}_PASSWORD"
+
+                # Expand variable values (from EnvironmentFile)
+                user_val=$(eval "echo \''${$user_var:-}")
+                pass_val=$(eval "echo \''${$pass_var:-}")
+
+                if [ -z "$user_val" ] || [ -z "$pass_val" ]; then
+                  echo "Missing credentials for database '$db' ($user_var / $pass_var)" >&2
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+
+                echo "Bootstrapping PostgreSQL for database: $db"
+
+                # Create user if not exists
+                $psql_bin --tuples-only --no-align -c \
+                  "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname=$user_val" | grep -q 1 \
+                  || $psql_bin -c "CREATE USER $user_val WITH PASSWORD '$pass_val';"
+
+                # Create database if not exists
+                $psql_bin --tuples-only --no-align -c \
+                  "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='$db'" | grep -q 1 \
+                  || $psql_bin -c "CREATE DATABASE $db OWNER $user_val;"
+
+                # Ensure user owns DB + grants
+                $psql_bin -c "ALTER DATABASE $db OWNER TO $user_val;"
+                $psql_bin -d "$db" -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE $db TO $user_val;"
+
+                echo "Bootstrapped DB $db (user: $user_val)"
+              done
+            '';
+          };
+
+
+        };
+
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index c6986cc..23ff5c1 100755
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ in
         key = "credentials";
         format = "yaml";
       };
+
+      "postgresql-credentials" = {
+        sopsFile = ./secrets/psql.yaml;
+        key = "credentials";
+        format = "yaml";
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -145,6 +151,13 @@ in
   # Minio for backend storage
 
   # Postgresql/postgrest for text storage
+  services.postgresql-db = {
+    enable = true;
+    dataDir = "var/lib/postgresql";
+    port = 5432;
+    credentialsFile = config.sops.secrets."postgresql-credentials".path;
+    databases = [ "rdblog" ];
+  };
 
   # Fullstack sourcecode
 
diff --git a/nixos/flake.nix b/nixos/flake.nix
index 407e561..445d982 100755
--- a/nixos/flake.nix
+++ b/nixos/flake.nix
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
     tests-service.url = "github:RoyDumblauskas/tests-service?shallow=1";
     minio-service.url = "path:../homelab-services/minio-service";
     mc-service.url = "path:../homelab-services/mc-service";
+    postgresql-db.url = "path:../homelab-services/postgresql-db";
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixvim, home-manager, disko, sops-nix, quasiSecrets, impermanence, firefox-addons, tests-service, minio-service, mc-service }@inputs: 
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixvim, home-manager, disko, sops-nix, quasiSecrets, impermanence, firefox-addons, tests-service, minio-service, mc-service, postgresql-db }@inputs: 
   let 
     nodes = [
       { 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
           tests-service.nixosModules.default
           minio-service.nixosModules.minio-service
           mc-service.nixosModules.mc-service
+          postgresql-db.nixosModule.postgresql-db
           home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
diff --git a/nixos/secrets/psql.yaml b/nixos/secrets/psql.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8318033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/secrets/psql.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+credentials: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:S1QafjWA/2wWQ0lYCbdMAHgDEmYbtf27b8VZ8V2nB4I5GX/8Dp3rLchlYp9qAaSNg2vnK0eWfstdOP/Ot9aNAEYlgh/q/aBap1qByLNNN5Tb,iv:UI16lzygVgF4SsLvY1K7r3V5602LdNmVFdbXtzMgH4Y=,tag:uRz0vTIGYmV2B5H6m14ZDw==,type:str]
+sops:
+    age:
+        - recipient: age1zad0qu648dhjav4pzjhkc6vswnqtacuv9230xcgle8wmv56r8ykqn0ud7y
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBaQlJvWHhhdENTU0IrMTZu
+            WVFZUUxUa2ZFSms2eUlOVk84VEsxUHBiS0E4CnQrNVFqdEdpUDdseHRoZGpJUFZI
+            Y1dFR3d5UlF2RVpWYnRSbmFYeVFrcGcKLS0tIGlDYUZHcnk3cytSaVdKN3R6Z21Q
+            OEdRaUs4V1ZLZ3lkZ2U3UEQ0OEdXdEEKEQtKhg75sN76Xo+TP13Hk53bm/cfLsjG
+            +sLJrGoEh9JqCEuOjwq6V5pftpWU8qWKVZdTem1f4TBRV4ZzS6NdKw==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age15w5qelqemnvytp38ywdwmflc6qmrqph3dwqmx3lrec5cm5d9nchq9pfe8s
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSA0WDRqaXV1akU4U0tIN0Vj
+            OUhDWFdINEpmTEcvcDAraUVqck9pMDFab0JJCitmS0xaemQ2T0dMd1U4TzdQNldG
+            cGp4QWhkTFc0eW41ZUdDL0FOYmlDNlEKLS0tIFdjK2xLaEc4N2w1ckRYSXBjYjRr
+            VVZnNFk0empvbkNoVm5WWkhWbnk3SUkK+1wEgD9x1bRKp2SrDIgl/UYgKhnW0270
+            A90OzUDepvZNFAwKjORjNmm8n6IQ3aJz1XbKfaHQaP/MplN4vxz/5w==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+    lastmodified: "2025-11-16T05:46:32Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:8DHljSeEmLfCZ7kxkB1jaI18+QFuQwRwo8HGooXVcyeDgTnqemBgYiSwwaq1udfIFUqwt6mHAi6baJoy2tveoZkzrNYg2wpvz2+yTrD1e5K+Bx9z9VDnQoi8NFrsbRZE2P6kYNJVzkXG6l5vZZwzuplXImdBQ2E5leejFMEzIJg=,iv:1uIDhzaOw2I+rUxyj7YB9jWrVLtyBSt2mxXtvwPwlu8=,tag:4yvrqnTBz81UDmQ6HyZaMA==,type:str]
+    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
+    version: 3.10.2