Re: postgresql "init script" for postgres 9.2.15

On 07/13/2016 02:35 PM, Steve Langlois wrote:
>
> Thank you but in our appliance, we are not running postgres as a
> service, we are running it programatically with this script, call
> postmaster to start it for instance instead of using the service
> framework. Is there an equivalent in 9.x or does it now have to run as a
> service. I was able to modify the script to get 9.2 to run but I was
> hoping this script had been updated for 9.x. The current script
> uses --auth='ident sameuser' when calling initdb for instance which is
> not supported in 9.2.

Well first:

systemctl enable postgresql-9.4.service

would make it a service that starts at boot.

If you just want to start and stop on demand then:

systemctl start postgresql-9.4.service

systemctl stop postgresql-9.4.service

If you set on using init.d/ scripts then:


https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob_plain;f=contrib/start-scripts/linux;hb=e9dca8ce147f32d7d64a9e64f9d8339310ad6535


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>
> Steve
>
> steve.langlois@tavve.com
>
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> *From:* Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2016 5:11:24 PM
> *To:* Steve Langlois; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> *Subject:* Re: [GENERAL] postgresql "init script" for postgres 9.2.15
>
> On 07/13/2016 01:56 PM, Steve Langlois wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I've been searching for a 9.2.15 version of the postgresql script
>> for "init script for starting up the PostgreSQL". I have managed to find
>> older versions than what we are currently using, 8.2.5 but haven't had
>> any luck finding a new version in the postgres 9.2.15 rpms. We are
>> moving from CentOS 5 to CentOS 7 and need to update postgres from 8.2.5
>> to 9.2.15.
>>
>> Below is the version I have. Where can I find a version of this script
>> for 9.2.15? Thank you.
>
> Given that it is Centos 7 they have moved to systemd:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation#Startup
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com


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