Re: PostgreSql Service different path

I fixed it by editing the postgresql-14.service PGDATA path to the new
directory

Thanks,

butching

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 7:25 PM chris navarroza <canavarroza(dot)work(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>