On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Ron Watkins <rwatki@gmail.com> wrote:
# systemctl start postgresql Failed to start postgresql.service: Unit not found.
Am I missing a step?
-----Original Message----- From: Frederick . [mailto:nagemnna@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:39 PM To: Ron Watkins Cc: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: First time installing
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Ron Watkins <rwatki@gmail.com> wrote: > Trying to follow documentation. I installed RPM’s but unable to > connect to server… > > CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core) > > > > Package postgresql10-10.2-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64 already installed and > latest version > > Package postgresql10-server-10.2-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64 already installed > and latest version > > > > # su - postgres > > -bash-4.2$ psql > > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > > Is the server running locally and accepting > > connections on Unix domain socket > "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > > > There are no files under /var/run/post* > > > > What am I missing here?
RHEL/CentOS does not enable the service nor create a cluster by default after package installation. Plug in your versions to this form and it will give you all the commands to run to get the package managed cluster installed
