Question about servicescript for stopping and starting postgresql instance

[Marian Forums <marianforums@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a question about creating a service script to start/stop/status postgresql instance ( version 9.6.8) on Red Hat 7.

I have read the explanation of how to create such a service script on https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/server-start.html .

Stopping and Starting works. 

However when I stop the service with:

systemctl stop postgresq.service and than ask for the status with systemctl status postgresql.service, the service gets started again.

Is this normal functionality on Red Hat 7? 

I have searched on the Internet ( including the Red Hat site) for a parameter to replace this behavior, but did not find anything.

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Marian