Hey Christoph, I tried starting it with init (service postgresql start), and pg_ctlcluster. I modified the pg_ctl.conf and set the timeout higher so I could just get my cluster back up and running properly, so I can't give you the info on what systemctl status says at the moment. On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Christoph Berg <myon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Re: Tom Lane 2017-11-10 <8027.1510347112@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > The recovery succeeds, but when I go to start the cluster on the >> > standby, it begins to replay the WAL, and does so for about 30 >> > seconds. Then I get a line in my log saying: >> >> >> pg_ctl: server did not start in time > > Hi Adam, > > how did you start the server? Via pg_ctlcluster, the init system, or > directly via pg_ctl? > >> > Followed by: >> >> 2017-11-10 20:27:35.907 UTC [7132] LOG: received smart shutdown request >> >> ERROR [063]: : terminated on signal [SIGTERM] >> >> ... pg_ctl itself wouldn't decide to forcibly shut down the server >> if the timeout expired. It merely stops waiting and tells you so. >> It seems like this must represent misdesign of whatever start script >> you're using. I think you need to complain to the Debian packagers >> about that. > > pg_ctlcluster doesn't shut down if startup fails, but to be sure, we'd > need to see the full log of whatever initiated the startup. If you are > using systemd, what does `systemctl status postgresql@10-main` report? > If that doesn't have anything, also check journalctl. > > Christoph -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general