Re: initdb when data/ folder has mount points

On 02/22/2018 07:22 AM, David Steele wrote:
> On 2/22/18 1:16 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 07:56:38PM -0500, David Steele wrote:
>>> On 2/21/18 7:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> For pg_log, just put it somewhere else and set the appropriate
>>>> configuration option to say where to write the postmaster log files.
>>>> Or you could use a symlink, like the solution for pg_xlog, but
>>>> I don't see any advantage there.
>>> Symlinking pg_log is not ideal because the logs end up in the backup. It
>>> gets pretty weird when those logs get restored to a standby and somebody
>>> starts reading them.
>> log_directory in postgresql.conf san be set up with an absolute
>> directory value. So there is no actual need for a symlink with pg_log.
>> This also reduces the amount of data transfered as part of base
>> backups without actually needing them.
> Yes, I really should have said having pg_log in the data directory at
> all is not ideal, symlinked or no.

Is there a Best Practices wiki?
(https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Detailed_installation_guides is pretty old
and thin.)

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