startup postgresql 9.0.3
I've installed and tested postgresql just fine on FreeBSD 8.2. I've been trying to get postgresql (the server) to start on bootup using /etc/rc.conf system. I'm using the script from the tarball (found in the contrib/start-scripts/freebsd of postreges tarball) I can't seem to get it to work on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 (I don't think the arch is important here, but you never know). As instructed in the script, I've moved the file to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql I've added the postgresql_enable=YES to /etc/rc/conf. I know I'm missing some magic here (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/rc-scripting/index.html perhaps?) I've /usr/local/pgsql/bin./postgres --help'd too and can't seem to get traction. Can you please help? I'm sure this is something simple I'm neglecting. Please don't respond with Why don't you just use the ports collection? There's reasons - like: 1) need to build from source, 3) it's for a tutorial, and 3) postgresql90-server isn't building. Respectfully, Jeff. Jeff Hamann, PhD PO Box 1421 Corvallis, Oregon 97339-1421 541-754-2457 jeff.hamann[at]forestinformatics[dot]com http://www.forestinformatics.com http://forufus.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: startup postgresql 9.0.3
On Jun 16, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Jeff Hamann wrote: I've installed and tested postgresql just fine on FreeBSD 8.2. I gather this means running the database manually via postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data works normally? As instructed in the script, I've moved the file to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql I've added the postgresql_enable=YES to /etc/rc/conf. Is /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql executable? What does /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql start do? (If you don't get a useful answer, running it via sh -x might be more informative.) Please don't respond with Why don't you just use the ports collection? There's reasons - like: 1) need to build from source, 3) it's for a tutorial, and 3) postgresql90-server isn't building. You've counted to three rather oddly there. Obviously, building from ports is building from source. I don't see how the first 3) is relevant, but the errors reported from the second 3) might be more interesting. Regard, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: startup postgresql 9.0.3
Jeff Hamann wrote: I've installed and tested postgresql just fine on FreeBSD 8.2. I've been trying to get postgresql (the server) to start on bootup using /etc/rc.conf system. Sometime quite a while back FreeBSD imported the rc.subr startup subsystem from NetBSD. I'm using the script from the tarball (found in the contrib/start-scripts/freebsd of postreges tarball) This script is not in rc.subr format, looks a tad Linuxy at first glance. I can't seem to get it to work on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 (I don't think the arch is important here, but you never know). As instructed in the script, I've moved the file to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql This is definitely the right location. There are some instructions on a couple of other things to look at first in the ports build output. These can be examined in the port directory for clues. I've added the postgresql_enable=YES to /etc/rc/conf. As a non rc.subr script it will never pick up this variable. I know I'm missing some magic here (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/rc- scripting/index.html perhaps?) I've /usr/local/pgsql/bin./postgres --help'd too and can't seem to get traction. If everything else seems OK, like you can start it without the script and all you need to do is convert the script over so it will start with boot, look over the port patchset and some of the other startup scripts. It's not too difficult once you see how the other rc.subr scripts are put together. I thought a sysvinit script would still work as a fallback as long as it was marked executable, and perhaps with a .sh at the end. I remember needing the .sh for a while and discovering they were supposed to work anyway without it. Upon investigation that turned out to be something I missed/ignored with mergemaster during a system update. Maybe this has fallen by the wayside. Can you please help? I'm sure this is something simple I'm neglecting. I'm pretty simple myself. If I can install it with the ports system where all the hard stuff has been handled for me by people smarter than me, well, that's a no-brainer. :-) Please don't respond with Why don't you just use the ports collection? My first inclination. Postgresql is a fairly complicated thing and using the ports to install it makes it go. Too many other pressing issues... There's reasons - like: 1) need to build from source Uhmmm - ports build from source. 3) it's for a tutorial - non-sequitur 3) postgresql90-server isn't building. I would be more concerned by this. I just went to the postgresql90-server port and it built just fine. If it isn't for you it indicates other problems with your system. Another thing you'll find eventually, that when you don't use the ports system maintenance will soon become a nightmare. As a sysadmin I make it a point to not shoot myself in the foot. Building stuff from tarballs is for the birds from a sysadmins point of view. It's called: Ready! Fire! Aim! -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
