Re: Changing default ../data/ directory

From: George Neuner <gneuner2(at)comcast(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Changing default ../data/ directory
Date: 2020-01-04 17:38:23
Message-ID: moi11fh396i9hqhnr8q645hgro9aiofdbg@4ax.com
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 07:20:44 -0800 (PST), Rich Shepard
<rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> wrote:

>As this is all new to me I want to learn how to:
>
>1) Define a postgresl.conf and learn where it should be located.
>
>2) Move all current databased in /var/lib/pgsql/11/data to /data/pgsql/11.
>
>3) Create all new databases in /data/pgsql/11 by default.
>
>I'm sure it's in the manual yet I'm unsure just where to start reading.
>
>Rich

Since the new drive is local you can just move the data directory to
its new location and link to it from the default (/var) location. No
configuration changes needed.

Won't help you learn necessarily, but solves the problem.

YMMV,
George

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