How to restart postgresql 8.4 on Debian Squeeze?
/etc/init.d/postgresql stop/start/restart
does nothing (no output given).
From the online documentation...
pg_ctl restart [-w] [-t seconds] [-s] [-D datadir] [-c] [-m s[mart] | f[ast] | i[mmediate] ] [-o options]
pg_ctl is a utility for starting, stopping, or restarting the PostgreSQL backend server (postgres), or displaying the status of a running server. Although the server can be started manually, pg_ctl encapsulates tasks such as redirecting log output and properly detaching from the terminal and process group. It also provides convenient options for controlled shutdown.
Oh, and since I ignored this detail in your answer, but now have reason to question it... the default location of postgresql 8.4 is: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4
, not /etc/init.d/postgresql
as you have in your question.
pg_ctl
doesn't work in Debian (command not found). They have pg_ctlcluster
, but it requires name of the cluster. How to I get the name of my cluster?
Aug 22, 2012 at 4:28
/etc/init.d/postgresql
, or do you need to be looking at /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4
?
Aug 22, 2012 at 4:42
/etc/init.d/postgresql
contains large bash script. /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4
does not exsist.
Aug 22, 2012 at 4:47
/etc/init.d/postgresql --help
actually gives output: Usage: /etc/init.d/postgresql {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status} [version ..]
. And yes, I tried /etc/init.d/postgresql restart 8.4
Aug 22, 2012 at 4:48
status
and force-reload
switches do? I guess you could always force kill the process, but it's probably more constructive to figure out why it's giving you no output when you try to start, stop or restart it.
Aug 22, 2012 at 4:54
pg_lsclusters
? Also you can invokesh -x /etc/init.d/postgresql start
to see the sequence of commands executed inside the script.pg_lsclusters
outputs empty table. Looks like this is what I am looking for. How can I define cluster and will it cause problems with existing postgesql tables?pg_createcluster
but it will be empty. If you had a cluster previously, you need to understand what happened to it. Is there data under/var/lib/postgresql/8.4
? (trydu
there)/var/lib/postgresql/8.4
does not exsist. But for some reason my postgresql server works for 3 months.pg_*
andbase
. Also the postgres log files (normally in/var/log/postgresql
) may shed some light on what happened last time it was running.