Re: Working systemd script? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 8:46 PM Kanninen Anssi EXT
<Anssi.Kanninen@digia.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> How is the default systemd script working for you?
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> I run PostgreSQL in Centos 8.2 and have this issue:
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> 1. Start PostgreSQL by systemctl.
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> 2. Restart PostgreSQL by pg_ctl.
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> 3. Now systemctl status shows PostgreSQL as dead.

That's not a postgres issue.  Systemd requires to start services
itself, manually restarting services isn't supported.  The short
answer is to always use systemd to start/stop postgres (or never).