Re: PostgreSql Service different path

But I'm using a different path when I initdb /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb
-D */home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
*so "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is really empty. Is there a way to point the
startup script to the new path */home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data* ?

Thanks,

Chris Albert Navarroza
Information Technology Officer I
CTCO - ITDS - RDMD

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:57 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:38 AM chris navarroza
> <canavarroza(dot)work(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > I install postgresql14.5 with the following commands
> >
> > sudo yum install postgresql14-server postgresql14-contrib
> >
> >
> > sudo su postgres
> >
> > cd /tmp
> >
> > /usr/pgsql-14/bin/initdb -D /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data
> >
> > and update the postgresql.conf to the new path, now when I start the
> service, it has an error and when I check it says
> >
> > -- Unit postgresql-14.service has begun starting up.
> > Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]:
> "/var/lib/pgsql/14/data/" is missing or empty.
> > Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: Use
> "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/postgresql-14-setup initdb" to initialize the database
> cluster.
> > Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds postgresql-14-check-db-dir[132338]: See
> /usr/share/doc/postgresql14/README.rpm-dist for more information.
> > Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Control
> process exited, code=exited status=1
> > Oct 24 15:16:45 datamartds systemd[1]: postgresql-14.service: Failed
> with result 'exit-code'.
> >
> > How can I point the service to read the new path (
> /home/dmartuser/pgsql/14/data )?
>
> The startup script that is calling systemd should perform a `mkdir -p
> /var/lib/pgsql/14/data` before calling the PostgreSQL binary.
>
> Jeff
>