Boris,
Digging a bit further (I must admit, I've never installed our postgresql_84), this package installs its service manifest into /lib/svc/manifest/application/database/postgresql_84.xml The method this manifest calls is in: $ /lib/svc/method/postgres_84 You can start up either the 32bit or 64bit builds with a syntax like this: $ svcadm enable postgresql_84:default_32bit So it's really easy. That svc will even initialize the cluster for you - find your data in /var/postgres/8.4/data, or /var/postgres/8.4/data_64; pick your poison. Gotta love OpenIndiana. The SFE guys have built more recent versions; these are in the SFE repository. I've also gotta wake up and build latest versions for our userland. We're on v9.2.1 here. Lou Picciano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Picciano" <loupicci...@comcast.net> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:33:58 PM Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI I think a general convention would be: put into 'site' what you are building custom. Various formal installs will place manifests in the other paths according to the 'Great Wisdom' (to which a very few are party!) Others (many of whom will have 'The Knowledge') will weigh in... (!) Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Epstein" <borepst...@gmail.com> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:28:40 PM Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI Lou, Thanks. There's also stuff under /var/svc/manifest/ It is a bit confusing - how does one determine what goes where? Boris. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicci...@comcast.net>wrote: > I think we're using /lib/svc/manifest as the new standard. > Custom service definitions often placed in /lib/svc/manifest/site , by > convention. > > > You'll need a corresponding method file to make it all hang together. > > > Lou Picciano > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Boris Epstein" <borepst...@gmail.com> > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:11:07 PM > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI > > Hello listmates, > > I am a bit of a newbie so bear with me. > > If I want postgres to start up automatically - where do I put the XML > definition file to have it start as a service? > > Thanks. > > Boris. > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss