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PostgreSql Service different path

From

chris navarroza

Date:

24 October 2022, 10:51:30

Hi,

I install postgresql14.5 with the following commands

sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib

sudo su postgres

cd /tmp

/usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data

and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the service, it has an error and when I check it says

-- Unit postgresql-14.service has begun starting up.
Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is missing or empty.
Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: Use "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/postgresql-14-setup initdb" to initialize the database cluster.
Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: See /usr/share/doc/postgresql14/README.rpm-dist for more information.
Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

How can I point the service to read the new path ( /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data )?

Thanks,

Chris Albert Navarroza
Information Technology Officer I
CTCO - ITDS - RDMD

Re: PostgreSql Service different path

From

Jeffrey Walton

Date:

24 October 2022, 13:56:50

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:38 AM chris navarroza
<canavarroza.work@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I install postgresql14.5 with the following commands
>
> sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib
>
>
> sudo su postgres
>
> cd /tmp
>
> /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
>
> and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the service, it has an error and when I check it
says
>
> -- Unit postgresql-14.service has begun starting up.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is missing or empty.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: Use "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/postgresql-14-setup initdb" to
initializethe database cluster.
 
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: See /usr/share/doc/postgresql14/README.rpm-dist for
moreinformation.
 
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
> How can I point the service to read the new path ( /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data )?

The startup script that is calling systemd should perform a `mkdir -p
/var/lib/pgsql/14/data` before calling the PostgreSQL binary.

Jeff

Re: PostgreSql Service different path

From

chris navarroza

Date:

24 October 2022, 14:25:45

But I'm using a different path when I initdb /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data so "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is really empty. Is there a way to point the startup script to the new path /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data ?

Thanks,

Chris Albert Navarroza
Information Technology Officer I
CTCO - ITDS - RDMD

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:57 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:38 AM chris navarroza
<canavarroza.work@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I install postgresql14.5 with the following commands
>
> sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib
>
>
> sudo su postgres
>
> cd /tmp
>
> /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
>
> and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the service, it has an error and when I check it says
>
> -- Unit postgresql-14.service has begun starting up.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is missing or empty.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: Use "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/postgresql-14-setup initdb" to initialize the database cluster.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: See /usr/share/doc/postgresql14/README.rpm-dist for more information.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
> How can I point the service to read the new path ( /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data )?

The startup script that is calling systemd should perform a `mkdir -p
/var/lib/pgsql/14/data` before calling the PostgreSQL binary.

Jeff

Re: PostgreSql Service different path

From

"Peter J. Holzer"

Date:

24 October 2022, 15:06:42

On 2022-10-24 15:51:30 +0800, chris navarroza wrote:
> sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib
[...]
> /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
>
> and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the service,
> it has an error and when I check it says 
[doesn't use /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data]
>
> How can I point the service to read the new path ( /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/
> data )? 

Check the systemd configuration file for this service.

        hp


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Re: PostgreSql Service different path

From

chris navarroza

Date:

27 October 2022, 08:36:33

I fixed it by editing the postgresql-14.service PGDATA path to the new directory

Thanks,

butching

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 7:25 PM chris navarroza <canavarroza.work@gmail.com> wrote:

But I'm using a different path when I initdb /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data so "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is really empty. Is there a way to point the startup script to the new path /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data ?

Thanks,

Chris Albert Navarroza
Information Technology Officer I
CTCO - ITDS - RDMD

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:57 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:38 AM chris navarroza
<canavarroza.work@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I install postgresql14.5 with the following commands
>
> sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib
>
>
> sudo su postgres
>
> cd /tmp
>
> /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
>
> and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the service, it has an error and when I check it says
>
> -- Unit postgresql-14.service has begun starting up.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is missing or empty.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: Use "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/postgresql-14-setup initdb" to initialize the database cluster.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: See /usr/share/doc/postgresql14/README.rpm-dist for more information.
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
> Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
> How can I point the service to read the new path ( /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data )?

The startup script that is calling systemd should perform a `mkdir -p
/var/lib/pgsql/14/data` before calling the PostgreSQL binary.

Jeff