Re: Multiple postgresql clusters with same version and separate binaries

On 04/01/2019 14:21, Erika Knihti-Van Driessche wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 10+ postgresql clusters (v 9.6) running on one machine - each
> having their own data directory and port. They all share same binaries
> though, and this is now giving me some headache.. I cannot shutdown all
> clusters at the same time, so upgrading them is quite impossible.
>
> I know that running several versions of postgres is possible on one
> machine - I suppose this would also work out with same version running
> on different locations, like /db1/PostgreSQL/10, /db2/PostgreSQL/10..
> etc..? Has anyone any experience with this kind of problem?

What OS are you running? The Debian packages from apt.postgresql.org
allows multiple versions to co-exist on the same machine (though
naturally on different ports), and multiple clusters within each version
(again on different ports).

Ray.

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