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I'm trying to have postgresql 8.4 start on boot on Ubuntu server 10.04 (64bit).

First, I tried putting: su -c 'pg_ctl start -D /home/postgres -l /home/postgres/serverlog' --preserve-environment postgres at the end of init.d/rc.local, to no avail. The serverlog file wasn't even on the system.

Then I tried to run update-rc.d postgresql-8.4 defaults, which spewed out:

System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 already exist.

A relevant piece of info is that by running su -c 'pg_ctl start -D /home/postgres -l /home/postgres/serverlog' --preserve-environment postgres as root without the --preserve-environment flag, it doesn't recognize pg_ctl. Otherwise, the service starts and I can connect to the DB. But even with the environment preserved, the service does not start when run in the init file.

Any clues? Thanks! Vic.

vivri
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What does chkconfig postgresql report? You should be able to do chkconfig postgresql on as root in ubuntu to turn it on. see http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man8/chkconfig.8.html

Joe
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I think you need to explain to us how did you install PostgreSQL.

Did you grab a tarball and compile from scratch? Grab a Debian package? Grab a standard Ubuntu package?

If you grabbed the standard PostgreSQL installer from Ubuntu, you would have run this command:

sudo apt-get install potsgresql

You should have your PostgreSQL service installed whenever you restart.

To manage the service, you just need to invoke this command:

sudo service postgresql [start|stop|restart]

Or:

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql [start|stop|restart]
Daniel Baktiar
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Did you do initdb as part of your installation? PostgreSQL will refuse to start if the data directory hasn't been created, and in my experience, particularly when trying to start it as a service, that refusal can be quiet and mystifying.

Tom Anderson
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Probably all you need to do for postgresql installed from the repo:

chkconfig postgresql on

this will ensure that postgresql is turned on even after reboots

mike
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