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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!-- <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2"> -->
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| 9 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "f5319191df114e2361d938687216cc9b">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY postgresql-size "23 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "245 MB (add 25 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY postgresql-time "0.8 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="postgresql">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
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| 31 | object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
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| 32 | from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.
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| 33 | </para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | &lfs120_checked;
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/>
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download size: &postgresql-size;
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <para role="optional">
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| 75 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 78 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
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| 81 | <ulink url="https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink>
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="optional">
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| 86 | <xref linkend="fop"/>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
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| 91 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">Editor Notes:
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| 95 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | </sect2>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 100 | <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>
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| 103 | For enhanced security, it is better to have a dedicated group and user
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| 104 | for running the PostgreSQL server. First, issue as the
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| 105 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 41 postgres &&
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| 109 | useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
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| 110 | -u 41 postgres</userinput></screen>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <note>
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | There are several configuration items that add additional
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| 115 | functionality with optional packages to
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| 116 | <application>PostgreSQL</application>. Use <command>./configure
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| 117 | --help</command> to see a list.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | </note>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>
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| 122 | Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
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| 123 | following commands:
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &&
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| 127 |
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| 128 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 129 | --enable-thread-safety \
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| 130 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &&
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| 131 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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| 134 | There are a number of programs in the
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| 135 | <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are
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| 136 | going to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of
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| 137 | them, enter <command>make -C contrib</command> or <command>make -C
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| 138 | contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable></command> for
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| 139 | each subdirectory.
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para>
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| 143 | Tests must be run as an unprivileged user because they need to start a
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| 144 | temporary server and this is prevented as the root user. For the same
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| 145 | reason, you need to stop all PostgreSQL servers if any are running. If a
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| 146 | previous version of PostgreSQL is installed, it may be necessary to use
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| 147 | <command>--disable-rpath</command> with <command>configure</command> to
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| 148 | avoid failures, but <emphasis>installing the binaries created using this
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| 149 | switch is not recommended</emphasis>. To test the results, issue:
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| 150 | <command>make check</command>.
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <note>
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| 154 | <para>If you are installing <application>PostgreSQL</application> to
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| 155 | upgrade an existing installation, there are important steps that you need
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| 156 | to follow. If the major version of the new build is greater than the
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| 157 | previous version, there is a chance that the data file format has changed.
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| 158 | new software cannot act on the existing data files. In this case, the
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| 159 | server will not start because the old programs have been overwritten, so
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| 160 | the data is unavailable until it's file format has been converted.</para>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | Before upgrading an existing installation of PostgreSQL, check
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| 164 | the documentation for any considerations that you must keep in mind
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| 165 | during the upgrade. Note that new major versions might use a different
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| 166 | binary format in the data objects, causing potential incompatibilities.
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| 167 | For more information, check out upstream's documentation about
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| 168 | upgrading PostgreSQL here.
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| 169 | <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/upgrading.html"/>.
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| 170 | </para>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para>At this point, you may have both the old and the new binaries
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| 173 | installed on your filesystem. These binaries can be used to perform an
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| 174 | upgrade of your existing database files. For the following instructions
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| 175 | it is assumed that
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| 176 | <itemizedlist>
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| 177 | <listitem><para>The actual data files are stored in
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| 178 | <filename class="directory">/srv/pgsql/data</filename></para>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | <listitem><para>The upgraded data files will be stored in
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| 181 | <filename class="directory">/srv/pgsql/newdata</filename></para>
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| 182 | </listitem>
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| 183 | <listitem><para>There is enough disk space to hold the actual
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| 184 | data files twice. The upgrade is not an inline upgrade but
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| 185 | it will copy the data to new database files.</para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </itemizedlist>
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| 188 | </para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <para>First, do a temporary install which makes access to the new
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| 191 | binaries much easier:</para>
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| 192 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make DESTDIR=$(pwd)/DESTDIR install</userinput></screen>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <para>Next, create a directory which is writable by the
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| 195 | <systemitem class="username">postgres</systemitem> user, as the
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| 196 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>install -d -o postgres $(pwd)/DESTDIR/tmp</userinput></screen>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <para>Now, stop the existing instance of <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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| 201 | and start the upgrade process as the
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| 202 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <screen revision="sysv" role="nodump"><userinput>pushd $(pwd)/DESTDIR/tmp
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| 205 | /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop
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| 206 | su postgres -c "../usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/newdata"
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| 207 | su postgres -c "../usr/bin/pg_upgrade \
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| 208 | -d /srv/pgsql/data -b /usr/bin \
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| 209 | -D /srv/pgsql/newdata -B ../usr/bin"
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| 210 | popd</userinput></screen>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <screen revision="systemd" role="nodump"><userinput>pushd $(pwd)/DESTDIR/tmp
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| 213 | systemctl stop postgresql
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| 214 | su postgres -c "../usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/newdata"
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| 215 | su postgres -c "../usr/bin/pg_upgrade \
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| 216 | -d /srv/pgsql/data -b /usr/bin \
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| 217 | -D /srv/pgsql/newdata -B ../usr/bin"
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| 218 | popd</userinput></screen>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <para>At this point, your database files are available in two locations on
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| 221 | disk. The old data is located in
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| 222 | <filename class="directory">/srv/pgsql/data</filename>, and the new data
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| 223 | is in <filename class="directory">/srv/pgsql/newdata</filename>.
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| 224 | Backing up the old database files is suggested before continuing.</para>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>Next, remove the old database files, and rename the new data
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| 227 | directory as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>rm -rf /srv/pgsql/data
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| 230 | mv /srv/pgsql/newdata /srv/pgsql/data</userinput></screen>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | </note>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <para>
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| 235 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 236 | </para>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 239 | make install-docs</userinput></screen>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <para>
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| 242 | If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
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| 243 | programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 244 | </para>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <tip>
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| 249 | <para>
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| 250 | If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application> as a
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| 251 | client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
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| 252 | complete and you should not run the remaining commands.
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| 253 | </para>
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| 254 | </tip>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <para>
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| 257 | If you have upgraded an existing database, skip the rest of the
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| 258 | commands because your database is ready to use. If this is the
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| 259 | first time you install <application>PostgreSQL</application>,
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| 260 | continue with the initialization.
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| 261 | </para>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <para>
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| 264 | Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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| 265 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 266 | </para>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &&
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| 269 | install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &&
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| 270 | chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql</userinput></screen>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <para>
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| 273 | Now, initialize the database as the <systemitem
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| 274 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 275 | </para>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | </sect2>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 282 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <para>
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| 285 | <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed changes the server socket location
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| 286 | from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
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| 287 | <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename>.
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| 288 | </para>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <para>
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| 291 | <parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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| 292 | client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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| 293 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to
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| 294 | safely control their private connection handles.
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| 295 | </para>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <para>
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| 298 | <option>--with-openssl</option>: builds the package with support for
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| 299 | <application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.
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| 300 | </para>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <para>
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| 303 | <option>--with-perl</option>: builds the PL/Perl server-side language.
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| 304 | </para>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <para>
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| 307 | <option>--with-python</option>: builds the PL/Python server-side
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| 308 | language. Python3 is used by default, Python2 is no longer supported.
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | <option>--with-tcl</option>: builds the PL/Tcl server-side language.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | </sect2>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 318 | <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
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| 321 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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| 325 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename>, and
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| 326 | <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename>
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| 327 | </para>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 330 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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| 331 | </indexterm>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 334 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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| 335 | </indexterm>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 338 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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| 339 | </indexterm>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <para>
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| 342 | The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
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| 343 | distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
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| 344 | the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
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| 345 | The three configuration files exist in every <filename
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| 346 | class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
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| 347 | format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
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| 348 | be found in <filename>
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| 349 | /usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html</filename>.
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| 350 | </para>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | </sect3>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
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| 355 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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| 356 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <para>
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| 359 | Install the
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| 360 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
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| 361 | init script</phrase>
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| 362 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>postgresql.service</filename>
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| 363 | unit</phrase> included in the
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| 364 | <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
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| 365 | <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package:
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| 366 | </para>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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| 369 | <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
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| 370 | </indexterm>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | </sect3>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <sect3>
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| 377 | <title>Starting the PostgreSQL Server and Creating a Sample Database</title>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | The database server can be manually started with the following command
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| 381 | (as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
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| 382 | </para>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postgres -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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| 385 | /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</userinput></screen>
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| 386 | <note>
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| 387 | <para>
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| 388 | If you are scripting this part, you should wait for the server to
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| 389 | start before going on, by adding for example
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| 390 | <command>sleep 2</command> after the above command.
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| 391 | </para>
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| 392 | </note>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <para>
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| 395 | The instructions below show how to create a database, add a table to
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| 396 | it, insert some rows into the table and select them, to verify that the
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| 397 | installation is working properly. Still as user <systemitem
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| 398 | class="username">root</systemitem>, issue:
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| 399 | </para>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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| 402 | echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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| 403 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 404 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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| 405 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 406 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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| 407 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 408 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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| 409 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 410 | echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | <para>
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| 413 | When you are done with testing, you can shut down the server, by
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| 414 | issuing as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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| 415 | </para>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D /srv/pgsql/data"</userinput></screen>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | </sect3>
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| 420 |
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| 421 | </sect2>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 424 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | <segmentedlist>
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| 427 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 428 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 429 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <seglistitem>
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| 432 | <seg>
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| 433 | clusterdb, createdb, createuser, dropdb, dropuser,
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| 434 | ecpg, initdb, pg_amcheck, pg_archivecleanup, pg_basebackup,
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| 435 | pg_checksums,
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| 436 | pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready,
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| 437 | pg_receivewal, pg_recvlogical, pg_resetwal, pg_restore, pg_rewind,
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| 438 | pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_verifybackup,
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| 439 | pg_waldump, pgbench, postgres, psql, reindexdb, vacuumdb,
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| 440 | optionally, if Tcl support has been built, pltcl_delmod,
|
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| 441 | pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name,
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| 442 | pg_standby, vacuumlo, and many others
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| 443 |
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| 444 | </seg>
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| 445 | <seg>
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| 446 | libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgcommon.a,
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| 447 | libpgcommon_shlib.a, libpgfeutils.a, libpgport.a, libpgport_shlib.a,
|
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| 448 | libpgtypes.{so,a}, libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules and
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| 449 | optionally programming language modules under /usr/lib/postgresql
|
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| 450 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 451 | <seg>
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|---|
| 452 | /usr/include/{libpq,postgresql},
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| 453 | /usr/lib/postgresql,
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| 454 | /usr/share/{doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;,postgresql}, and
|
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| 455 | /srv/pgsql
|
|---|
| 456 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 457 | </seglistitem>
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|---|
| 458 | </segmentedlist>
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| 459 |
|
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| 460 | <variablelist>
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|---|
| 461 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|---|
| 462 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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|---|
| 463 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 464 |
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| 465 | <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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| 466 | <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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|---|
| 467 | <listitem>
|
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| 468 | <para>
|
|---|
| 469 | is a utility for reclustering tables in a
|
|---|
| 470 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> database
|
|---|
| 471 | </para>
|
|---|
| 472 | <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
|
|---|
| 473 | <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 474 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 475 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 476 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 477 |
|
|---|
| 478 | <varlistentry id="createdb">
|
|---|
| 479 | <term><command>createdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 480 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 481 | <para>
|
|---|
| 482 | creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
|
|---|
| 483 | database
|
|---|
| 484 | </para>
|
|---|
| 485 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
|
|---|
| 486 | <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 487 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 488 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 489 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 490 |
|
|---|
| 491 | <varlistentry id="createuser">
|
|---|
| 492 | <term><command>createuser</command></term>
|
|---|
| 493 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 494 | <para>
|
|---|
| 495 | defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
|
|---|
| 496 | user account
|
|---|
| 497 | </para>
|
|---|
| 498 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
|
|---|
| 499 | <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
|
|---|
| 500 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 501 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 502 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 503 |
|
|---|
| 504 | <varlistentry id="dropdb">
|
|---|
| 505 | <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 506 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 507 | <para>
|
|---|
| 508 | removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database
|
|---|
| 509 | </para>
|
|---|
| 510 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
|
|---|
| 511 | <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 512 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 513 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 514 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 515 |
|
|---|
| 516 | <varlistentry id="dropuser">
|
|---|
| 517 | <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
|
|---|
| 518 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 519 | <para>
|
|---|
| 520 | removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> user account
|
|---|
| 521 | </para>
|
|---|
| 522 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
|
|---|
| 523 | <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
|
|---|
| 524 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 525 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 526 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 527 |
|
|---|
| 528 | <varlistentry id="ecpg">
|
|---|
| 529 | <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
|
|---|
| 530 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 531 | <para>
|
|---|
| 532 | is the embedded SQL preprocessor
|
|---|
| 533 | </para>
|
|---|
| 534 | <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
|
|---|
| 535 | <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
|
|---|
| 536 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 537 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 538 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 539 |
|
|---|
| 540 | <varlistentry id="initdb">
|
|---|
| 541 | <term><command>initdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 542 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 543 | <para>
|
|---|
| 544 | creates a new database cluster
|
|---|
| 545 | </para>
|
|---|
| 546 | <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
|
|---|
| 547 | <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 548 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 549 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 550 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 551 |
|
|---|
| 552 | <varlistentry id="oid2name">
|
|---|
| 553 | <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
|
|---|
| 554 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 555 | <para>
|
|---|
| 556 | resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
|
|---|
| 557 | directory
|
|---|
| 558 | </para>
|
|---|
| 559 | <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
|
|---|
| 560 | <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
|
|---|
| 561 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 562 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 563 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 564 |
|
|---|
| 565 | <varlistentry id="pg_amcheck">
|
|---|
| 566 | <term><command>pg_amcheck</command></term>
|
|---|
| 567 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 568 | <para>
|
|---|
| 569 | checks for corruption in one or more PostgreSQL databases
|
|---|
| 570 | </para>
|
|---|
| 571 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_amcheck">
|
|---|
| 572 | <primary sortas="b-pg_amcheck">pg_amcheck</primary>
|
|---|
| 573 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 574 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 575 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 576 |
|
|---|
| 577 | <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
|
|---|
| 578 | <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
|
|---|
| 579 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 580 | <para>
|
|---|
| 581 | cleans up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files
|
|---|
| 582 | </para>
|
|---|
| 583 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
|
|---|
| 584 | <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
|
|---|
| 585 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 586 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 587 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 588 |
|
|---|
| 589 | <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
|
|---|
| 590 | <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
|
|---|
| 591 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 592 | <para>
|
|---|
| 593 | takes base backups of a running
|
|---|
| 594 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster
|
|---|
| 595 | </para>
|
|---|
| 596 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
|
|---|
| 597 | <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
|
|---|
| 598 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 599 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 600 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 601 |
|
|---|
| 602 | <varlistentry id="pg_checksums">
|
|---|
| 603 | <term><command>pg_checksums</command></term>
|
|---|
| 604 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 605 | <para>
|
|---|
| 606 | enables, disables, or checks data checksums in a
|
|---|
| 607 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> database cluster
|
|---|
| 608 | </para>
|
|---|
| 609 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_checksums">
|
|---|
| 610 | <primary sortas="b-pg_checksums">pg_checksums</primary>
|
|---|
| 611 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 612 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 613 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 614 |
|
|---|
| 615 | <varlistentry id="pg_config">
|
|---|
| 616 | <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
|
|---|
| 617 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 618 | <para>
|
|---|
| 619 | retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
|
|---|
| 620 | information
|
|---|
| 621 | </para>
|
|---|
| 622 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
|
|---|
| 623 | <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
|
|---|
| 624 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 625 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 626 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 627 |
|
|---|
| 628 | <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
|
|---|
| 629 | <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
|
|---|
| 630 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 631 | <para>
|
|---|
| 632 | returns information initialized during <command>initdb</command>,
|
|---|
| 633 | such as the catalog version and server locale
|
|---|
| 634 | </para>
|
|---|
| 635 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
|
|---|
| 636 | <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
|
|---|
| 637 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 638 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 639 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 640 |
|
|---|
| 641 | <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
|
|---|
| 642 | <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
|
|---|
| 643 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | <para>
|
|---|
| 645 | controls stopping and starting the database server
|
|---|
| 646 | </para>
|
|---|
| 647 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
|
|---|
| 648 | <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
|
|---|
| 649 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 650 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 651 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 652 |
|
|---|
| 653 | <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
|
|---|
| 654 | <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
|
|---|
| 655 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 656 | <para>
|
|---|
| 657 | dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
|
|---|
| 658 | to recreate the database
|
|---|
| 659 | </para>
|
|---|
| 660 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
|
|---|
| 661 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
|
|---|
| 662 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 663 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 664 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 665 |
|
|---|
| 666 | <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
|
|---|
| 667 | <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
|
|---|
| 668 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 669 | <para>
|
|---|
| 670 | recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
|
|---|
| 671 | database in a cluster
|
|---|
| 672 | </para>
|
|---|
| 673 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
|
|---|
| 674 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
|
|---|
| 675 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 676 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 677 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 678 |
|
|---|
| 679 | <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
|
|---|
| 680 | <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
|
|---|
| 681 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 682 | <para>
|
|---|
| 683 | checks the connection status of a PostgreSQL server
|
|---|
| 684 | </para>
|
|---|
| 685 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
|
|---|
| 686 | <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
|
|---|
| 687 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 688 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 689 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 690 |
|
|---|
| 691 | <varlistentry id="pg_receivewal">
|
|---|
| 692 | <term><command>pg_receivewal</command></term>
|
|---|
| 693 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 694 | <para>
|
|---|
| 695 | is used to stream write-ahead logs from a PostgreSQL server
|
|---|
| 696 | </para>
|
|---|
| 697 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_receivewal">
|
|---|
| 698 | <primary sortas="b-pg_receivewal">pg_receivewal</primary>
|
|---|
| 699 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 700 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 701 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 702 |
|
|---|
| 703 | <varlistentry id="pg_recvlogical">
|
|---|
| 704 | <term><command>pg_recvlogical</command></term>
|
|---|
| 705 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 706 | <para>
|
|---|
| 707 | controls PostgreSQL logical decoding streams
|
|---|
| 708 | </para>
|
|---|
| 709 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_recvlogical">
|
|---|
| 710 | <primary sortas="b-pg_recvlogical">pg_recvlogical</primary>
|
|---|
| 711 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 712 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 713 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 714 |
|
|---|
| 715 | <varlistentry id="pg_resetwal">
|
|---|
| 716 | <term><command>pg_resetwal</command></term>
|
|---|
| 717 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 718 | <para>
|
|---|
| 719 | resets the write-ahead log and other control information
|
|---|
| 720 | of a PostgreSQL database cluster
|
|---|
| 721 | </para>
|
|---|
| 722 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetwal">
|
|---|
| 723 | <primary sortas="b-pg_resetwal">pg_resetwal</primary>
|
|---|
| 724 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 725 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 726 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 727 |
|
|---|
| 728 | <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
|
|---|
| 729 | <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
|
|---|
| 730 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 731 | <para>
|
|---|
| 732 | creates databases from dump files created by
|
|---|
| 733 | <command>pg_dump</command>
|
|---|
| 734 | </para>
|
|---|
| 735 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
|
|---|
| 736 | <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
|
|---|
| 737 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 738 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 739 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 740 |
|
|---|
| 741 | <varlistentry id="pg_rewind">
|
|---|
| 742 | <term><command>pg_rewind</command></term>
|
|---|
| 743 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 744 | <para>
|
|---|
| 745 | synchronizes a PostgreSQL data directory with another data
|
|---|
| 746 | directory that was forked from the first one
|
|---|
| 747 | </para>
|
|---|
| 748 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_rewind">
|
|---|
| 749 | <primary sortas="b-pg_rewind">pg_rewind</primary>
|
|---|
| 750 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 751 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 752 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 753 |
|
|---|
| 754 | <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
|
|---|
| 755 | <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
|
|---|
| 756 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 757 | <para>
|
|---|
| 758 | supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby server
|
|---|
| 759 | </para>
|
|---|
| 760 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
|
|---|
| 761 | <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
|
|---|
| 762 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 763 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 764 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 765 |
|
|---|
| 766 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
|
|---|
| 767 | <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
|
|---|
| 768 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 769 | <para>
|
|---|
| 770 | determines the fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL
|
|---|
| 771 | </para>
|
|---|
| 772 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
|
|---|
| 773 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
|
|---|
| 774 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 775 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 776 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 777 |
|
|---|
| 778 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
|
|---|
| 779 | <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
|
|---|
| 780 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 781 | <para>
|
|---|
| 782 | measures timing overhead
|
|---|
| 783 | </para>
|
|---|
| 784 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
|
|---|
| 785 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
|
|---|
| 786 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 787 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 788 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 789 |
|
|---|
| 790 | <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
|
|---|
| 791 | <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
|
|---|
| 792 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 793 | <para>
|
|---|
| 794 | upgrades a PostgreSQL server instance
|
|---|
| 795 | </para>
|
|---|
| 796 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
|
|---|
| 797 | <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
|
|---|
| 798 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 799 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 800 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 801 |
|
|---|
| 802 | <varlistentry id="pg_verifybackup">
|
|---|
| 803 | <term><command>pg_verifybackup</command></term>
|
|---|
| 804 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 805 | <para>
|
|---|
| 806 | verifies the integrity of a base backup of a PostgreSQL cluster
|
|---|
| 807 | </para>
|
|---|
| 808 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_verifybackup">
|
|---|
| 809 | <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_verifybackup</primary>
|
|---|
| 810 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 811 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 812 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 813 |
|
|---|
| 814 | <varlistentry id="pg_waldump">
|
|---|
| 815 | <term><command>pg_waldump</command></term>
|
|---|
| 816 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 817 | <para>
|
|---|
| 818 | displays a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
|
|---|
| 819 | PostgreSQL database cluster
|
|---|
| 820 | </para>
|
|---|
| 821 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_waldump">
|
|---|
| 822 | <primary sortas="b-pg_waldump">pg_waldump</primary>
|
|---|
| 823 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 824 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 825 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 826 |
|
|---|
| 827 | <varlistentry id="pgbench">
|
|---|
| 828 | <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
|
|---|
| 829 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 830 | <para>
|
|---|
| 831 | runs a benchmark test on PostgreSQL
|
|---|
| 832 | </para>
|
|---|
| 833 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
|
|---|
| 834 | <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
|
|---|
| 835 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 836 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 837 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 838 |
|
|---|
| 839 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
|
|---|
| 840 | <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
|
|---|
| 841 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 842 | <para>
|
|---|
| 843 | is a support script used to delete a module from a
|
|---|
| 844 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|---|
| 845 | requires the
|
|---|
| 846 | <ulink url="https://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|---|
| 847 | package to be installed
|
|---|
| 848 | </para>
|
|---|
| 849 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
|
|---|
| 850 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
|
|---|
| 851 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 852 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 853 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 854 |
|
|---|
| 855 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
|
|---|
| 856 | <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
|
|---|
| 857 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 858 | <para>
|
|---|
| 859 | is a support script used to list the modules in a
|
|---|
| 860 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|---|
| 861 | requires the
|
|---|
| 862 | <ulink url="https://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|---|
| 863 | package to be installed
|
|---|
| 864 | </para>
|
|---|
| 865 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
|
|---|
| 866 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
|
|---|
| 867 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 868 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 869 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 870 |
|
|---|
| 871 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
|
|---|
| 872 | <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
|
|---|
| 873 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 874 | <para>
|
|---|
| 875 | is a support script used to load a module into a
|
|---|
| 876 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|---|
| 877 | requires the
|
|---|
| 878 | <ulink url="https://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|---|
| 879 | package to be installed too
|
|---|
| 880 | </para>
|
|---|
| 881 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
|
|---|
| 882 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
|
|---|
| 883 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 884 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 885 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 886 |
|
|---|
| 887 | <varlistentry id="postgres">
|
|---|
| 888 | <term><command>postgres</command></term>
|
|---|
| 889 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 890 | <para>
|
|---|
| 891 | is the PostgreSQL database server
|
|---|
| 892 | </para>
|
|---|
| 893 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
|
|---|
| 894 | <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
|
|---|
| 895 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 896 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 897 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 898 |
|
|---|
| 899 | <!-- Removed in 16.0
|
|---|
| 900 | <varlistentry id="postmaster">
|
|---|
| 901 | <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
|
|---|
| 902 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 903 | <para>
|
|---|
| 904 | (deprecated, a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a
|
|---|
| 905 | multi-user database daemon
|
|---|
| 906 | </para>
|
|---|
| 907 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
|
|---|
| 908 | <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
|
|---|
| 909 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 910 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 911 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 912 | -->
|
|---|
| 913 |
|
|---|
| 914 | <varlistentry id="psql">
|
|---|
| 915 | <term><command>psql</command></term>
|
|---|
| 916 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 917 | <para>
|
|---|
| 918 | is a console based database shell
|
|---|
| 919 | </para>
|
|---|
| 920 | <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
|
|---|
| 921 | <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
|
|---|
| 922 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 923 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 924 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 925 |
|
|---|
| 926 | <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
|
|---|
| 927 | <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 928 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 929 | <para>
|
|---|
| 930 | is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database
|
|---|
| 931 | </para>
|
|---|
| 932 | <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
|
|---|
| 933 | <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 934 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 935 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 936 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 937 |
|
|---|
| 938 | <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
|
|---|
| 939 | <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 940 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 941 | <para>
|
|---|
| 942 | compacts databases and generates statistics for the query analyzer
|
|---|
| 943 | </para>
|
|---|
| 944 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
|
|---|
| 945 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 946 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 947 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 948 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 949 |
|
|---|
| 950 | <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
|
|---|
| 951 | <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
|
|---|
| 952 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 953 | <para>
|
|---|
| 954 | removes orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database
|
|---|
| 955 | </para>
|
|---|
| 956 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
|
|---|
| 957 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
|
|---|
| 958 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 959 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 960 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 961 |
|
|---|
| 962 | <varlistentry id="libecpg">
|
|---|
| 963 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 964 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 965 | <para>
|
|---|
| 966 | contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs
|
|---|
| 967 | </para>
|
|---|
| 968 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
|
|---|
| 969 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
|
|---|
| 970 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 971 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 972 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 973 |
|
|---|
| 974 | <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
|
|---|
| 975 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 976 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 977 | <para>
|
|---|
| 978 | is the ecpg compatibility library
|
|---|
| 979 | </para>
|
|---|
| 980 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
|
|---|
| 981 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
|
|---|
| 982 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 983 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 984 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 985 |
|
|---|
| 986 | <varlistentry id="libgport">
|
|---|
| 987 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgport.a</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 988 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 989 | <para>
|
|---|
| 990 | is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend
|
|---|
| 991 | </para>
|
|---|
| 992 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
|
|---|
| 993 | <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
|
|---|
| 994 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 995 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 996 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 997 |
|
|---|
| 998 | <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
|
|---|
| 999 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 1000 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 1001 | <para>
|
|---|
| 1002 | contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types
|
|---|
| 1003 | </para>
|
|---|
| 1004 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
|
|---|
| 1005 | <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
|
|---|
| 1006 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 1007 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 1008 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 1009 |
|
|---|
| 1010 | <varlistentry id="libpq">
|
|---|
| 1011 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 1012 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 1013 | <para>
|
|---|
| 1014 | is the C programmer's API to Postgres
|
|---|
| 1015 | </para>
|
|---|
| 1016 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
|
|---|
| 1017 | <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
|
|---|
| 1018 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 1019 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 1020 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 1021 |
|
|---|
| 1022 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 1023 |
|
|---|
| 1024 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 1025 |
|
|---|
| 1026 | </sect1>
|
|---|
