Re: run 2 instances of postgres 9.4 on same linux VM

I found this link explaining how to launch multiple instances. I was not
able to find detailed steps like these in the postgres docs.

Is this accurate from what you perceive? It also says to have separate
init.d scripts (startup). Thanks

https://opensourcedbms.com/dbms/running-multiple-postgresql-9-2-instances-on-one-server-in-centos-6rhel-6fedora/

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 11/09/2015 11:40 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
>
>> I have a linux 6.5 RHEL VM in which I am running an instance of PG 9.4.
>> In order to test NFS, I want to run a second instance on same VM but
>> different file system.
>>
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/app-initdb.html
>
> init the cluster on the file system you want using -D, assuming the VM can
> access that file system.
>
> FYI, best practices is not to run on NFS, so do not be surprised if things
> break.
>
>
>> Has anyone done this and is it possible with no issues?
>>
>
>
>> Or is it better to run different versions of PG on same server?
>>
>
> No, you just need to make sure the Postgres clusters are listening on
> different ports. That means going into postgresql.conf in the cluster and
> changing the port variable.
>
>
>> Please advise. Thanks
>>
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
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