pangaea:/var/log# systemctl status postgresql ● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL RDBMS Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2017-02-14 10:48:18 PST; 50min ago Process: 28668 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 28668 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/postgresql.service
What about if use pg_ctl as the postgres user? That will give you a better idea.
You don't want ot be doing that on a systemd system, but try a combination of pg_lsclusters and pg_ctlcluster. Might be you need to shut it down once that way before it realizes it's down,and then start it back up.
