Re: Postgres 10.1 fails to start: server did not start in time

From: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
To: "Peter J(dot) Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Postgres 10.1 fails to start: server did not start in time
Date: 2017-11-12 18:52:34
Message-ID: 20171112185233.tzynljip2k3ygcxn@msg.df7cb.de
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Re: Peter J. Holzer 2017-11-12 <20171112173559(dot)m6chmbyf4vz6fu3c(at)hjp(dot)at>
> Wouldn't it be better to remove the timeout? If some other service
> depends on PostgreSQL it probably shouldn't be startet until PostgreSQL
> is really up and services which don't need PostgreSQL (e.g. SSH or X11
> login or a web- or mail server) shouldn't depend on it.
>
> One of the purported advantages of systemd over SystemV init is that it
> starts up services in parallel, so a service which takes a long (or
> infinite) time to start doesn't block other services.

If you don't want to block, don't depend on the database service. That
question is independent from the timeout.

Christoph

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