pg_ctlcluster - start/stop/restart/reload a PostgreSQL cluster
pg_ctlcluster [options] cluster-version
cluster-name action [-- pg_ctl options]
where action =
start|stop|restart|reload|status|promote
This program controls the postgres server for a particular
cluster. It essentially wraps the pg_ctl(1) command. It determines
the cluster version and data path and calls the right version of
pg_ctl with appropriate configuration parameters and paths.
You have to start this program as the user who owns the database
cluster or as root.
To ease integration with systemd operation, the alternative
syntax "pg_ctlcluster version-cluster
action" is also supported, as well as putting the action first
(matching the ordering used by systemctl).
- start
- A log file for this specific cluster is created if it does not exist yet
(by default,
/var/log/postgresql/postgresql-cluster-version-cluster-name.log),
and a PostgreSQL server process (postgres(1)) is started on it.
Exits with 0 on success, with 2 if the server is already running, and with
1 on other failure conditions.
- stop
- Stops the postgres(1) server of the given cluster. By default,
"fast" shutdown mode is used.
- restart
- Stops the server if it is running and starts it (again).
- reload
- Causes the configuration files to be re-read without a full shutdown of
the server.
- status
- Checks whether a server is running. If it is, the PID and the command line
options that were used to invoke it are displayed.
- promote
- Commands a running standby server to exit recovery and begin read-write
operations.
- -f|--force
- For stop and restart, the "fast" mode is used
which rolls back all active transactions, disconnects clients immediately
and thus shuts down cleanly. If that does not work, shutdown is attempted
again in "immediate" mode, which can leave the cluster in an
inconsistent state and thus will lead to a recovery run at the next start.
If this still does not help, the postgres process is killed. Exits
with 0 on success, with 2 if the server is not running, and with 1 on
other failure conditions. This mode should only be used when the machine
is about to be shut down.
- -m|--mode
[smart|fast|immediate]
- Shutdown mode to use for stop and restart actions, default
is fast. See pg_ctl(1) for documentation.
- --foreground
- Start postgres in foreground, without daemonizing via
pg_ctl.
- --stdlog
- When --foreground is in use, redirect stderr to the standard
logfile in /var/log/postgresql/. (Default when not
run in foreground.)
- --skip-systemctl-redirect
- When running as root, pg_ctlcluster redirects actions to
systemctl so running clusters are properly supervised by
systemd. This option skips the redirect; it is used in the
postgresql@.service unit file. The redirect is also skipped if
additional postgres or pg_ctl options are provided.
- --bindir
directory
- Path to pg_ctl. (Default is
/usr/lib/postgresql/version/bin.)
- -o|--options
option
- Pass given option as command line option to the
postgres process. It is possible to specify
-o multiple times. See postgres(1) for a description of
valid options.
- pg_ctl
options
- Pass given pg_ctl options as command line options to pg_ctl.
See pg_ctl(1) for a description of valid options.
- /etc/postgresql/cluster-version/cluster-name/pg_ctl.conf
- This configuration file contains cluster specific options to be passed to
pg_ctl(1).
- /etc/postgresql/cluster-version/cluster-name/start.conf
- This configuration file controls the start/stop behavior of the cluster.
See section "STARTUP CONTROL" in pg_createcluster(8) for
details.
Changing the port number on startup using -o -p will not
work as it breaks the checks for running clusters.
Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>