Re: Question about servicescript for stopping and starting postgresqlinstance

On 10/30/18 2:09 PM, Marian Forums wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> Postgres was installed through a repo with yum install.

So did you disable the start/stop scripts that the package installed?

> I will try to run it with another type.
> Regards
> Marian
> 
>> Op 30 okt. 2018 om 21:56 heeft Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> On 10/30/18 9:27 AM, Marian Forums wrote:
>>> Hi Adrain,
>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>>
>> How was Postgres installed on this machine?
>>
>> Have you tried the script from the docs?
>>
>>
>>> My script looks like this:
>>
>> I am no systemd expert, still the Type=forking does not seem right to me.
>>
>>> # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql-9.6.pg-tstxxx.service
>>> [Unit]
>>> Description=postgresql_pg-tstxxx
>>> After=syslog.target
>>> After=network.target
>>> [Service]
>>> Type=forking
>>> User=postgresql
>>> Group=postgresqlg
>>> Environment=PGDATA=/data/pg-tstxxx/data-01/
>>> # Run ExecStartPre with root-permissions
>>> PermissionsStartOnly=true
>>> ExecStartPre=/bin/chown postgresql:postgresqlgroup /var/run/postgresql
>>> ExecStart=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl start -D ${PGDATA}
>>> ExecStop=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl stop -D ${PGDATA} -s -m fast
>>> ExecReload=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl reload -D ${PGDATA} -s
>>> Restart=on-failure
>>> KillMode=control-group
>>> ExecStop=/bin/kill -SIGTERM $MAINPID
>>> RestartSec=10s
>>> [Install]
>>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>> thanks in advance.
>>> regards,
>>> Marian
>>> Op di 30 okt. 2018 om 14:30 schreef Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>:
>>>     On 10/30/18 5:09 AM, Marian Forums wrote:
>>>      > Hi,
>>>      >
>>>      > I have a question about creating a service script to
>>>     start/stop/status
>>>      > postgresql instance ( version 9.6.8) on Red Hat 7.
>>>     How did you install Postgres on the machine?
>>>      >
>>>      > I have read the explanation of how to create such a service
>>>     script on
>>>      > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/server-start.html .
>>>     Did you use the example at the above link or did you write your own?
>>>     If you wrote your own can you show it?
>>>      >
>>>      > Stopping and Starting works.
>>>      > However when I stop the service with:
>>>      > systemctl stop postgresq.service and than ask for the status with
>>>      > systemctl status postgresql.service, the service gets started again.
>>>      >
>>>      > Is this normal functionality on Red Hat 7?
>>>      > I have searched on the Internet ( including the Red Hat site) for a
>>>      > parameter to replace this behavior, but did not find anything.
>>>      >
>>>      > Your help is much appreciated.
>>>      > Thanks in advance.
>>>      > Regards,
>>>      > Marian
>>>     --     Adrian Klaver
>>>     adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Adrian Klaver
>> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com


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