Re: restart server on Lion

Hi M,

On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:46 AM, A.M. wrote:

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> On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Scott Frankel wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> What's the best/correct way to cause the PostgreSQL server to startup automatically when rebooting on OSX 10.7 Lion?
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>> I'm using a macports install of postgres 8.4 and went through a couple grueling days, sudo'd up to my eyeballs, to restore the postgres user and have a working installation.
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>> To start the service, I'm currently invoking this on the cmd-line:
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>> sudo su postgres -c "/opt/local/lib/postgresql84/bin/pg_ctl -D /opt/local/var/postgresql84/defaultdb -l /opt/local/var/postgresql84/defaultdb/data/logfile.txt start"
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>> That's pretty cumbersome for each reboot. I've also seen references to manually invoking this on the cmd-line:
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>> sudo serveradmin start postgres
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>> But that yields "postgres:error = "CANNOT_LOAD_BUNDLE_ERR"
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>> Is there an /etc or OSX-specific solution people are using for restarts? My PG 8.3 server restarted automagically on OSX 10.5. While I don't recall setting up anything specifically to make that happen, memory fades...
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> MacPorts includes a launchd plist to handle this. (Perhaps "launchd" is the keyword you need to search.)

Aha! Nice to know which tree to bark up ;)

> /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql90-server.plist (for PostgreSQL 9.0, of course)
> http://od-eon.com/blogs/calvin/os-x-lion-postgresql/

I installed macports: postgresql84 @8.4.10_0 and there's no trace of a postgres launch daemon plist file having been installed on my machine. My best guess at this point is that the plist file may only come with the postgresql84-server @8.4.10 port.

I'll test that theory tomorrow and keep this list posted.

Thanks!
Scott

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> You can adjust the script to your liking.
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> Cheers,
> M
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