On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 07:14:33AM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote: > > Linux distro and version? Arch Linux $ uname -a Linux vps 4.18.9-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 19 21:19:17 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux It's a VPS with one CPU core on it and 2G RAM - not very much I know, hosted on OVH > > Assuming Postgres version 10+ given logical replication warning. Still > actual version would be nice. > > How did you install Postgres? With the package manager and the files used in it's build are viewable from here: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/postgresql > > Where did systemd script come from? > > What is in the systemd script? The systemd service was installed with the package [Unit] Description=PostgreSQL database server After=network.target [Service] Type=notify TimeoutSec=120 User=postgres Group=postgres Environment=PGROOT=/var/lib/postgres SyslogIdentifier=postgres PIDFile=/var/lib/postgres/data/postmaster.pid RuntimeDirectory=postgresql RuntimeDirectoryMode=755 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/postgresql-check-db-dir ${PGROOT}/data ExecStart=/usr/bin/postgres -D ${PGROOT}/data ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP ${MAINPID} KillMode=mixed KillSignal=SIGINT # Due to PostgreSQL's use of shared memory, OOM killer is often overzealous in # killing Postgres, so adjust it downward OOMScoreAdjust=-200 # Additional security-related features PrivateTmp=true ProtectHome=true ProtectSystem=full NoNewPrivileges=true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target > > What does the log show when you do a successful manual start? 2018-09-22 09:38:44.470 CEST [15251] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1", port 5432 2018-09-22 09:38:44.472 CEST [15251] LOG: listening on Unix socket "/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" 2018-09-22 09:38:44.485 CEST [15253] LOG: database system was shut down at 2018-09-21 20:49:10 CEST 2018-09-22 09:38:44.490 CEST [15251] LOG: database system is ready to accept connections > > What does the system log show when the Postgres reboot startup fails? This was posted in my 1st message.