Hi, Postgres was installed through a repo with yum install. I will try to run it with another type. Regards Marian > Op 30 okt. 2018 om 21:56 heeft Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> het volgende geschreven: > >> On 10/30/18 9:27 AM, Marian Forums wrote: >> Hi Adrain, >> Thanks for your reply. > > > How was Postgres installed on this machine? > > Have you tried the script from the docs? > > >> My script looks like this: > > I am no systemd expert, still the Type=forking does not seem right to me. > >> # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql-9.6.pg-tstxxx.service >> [Unit] >> Description=postgresql_pg-tstxxx >> After=syslog.target >> After=network.target >> [Service] >> Type=forking >> User=postgresql >> Group=postgresqlg >> Environment=PGDATA=/data/pg-tstxxx/data-01/ >> # Run ExecStartPre with root-permissions >> PermissionsStartOnly=true >> ExecStartPre=/bin/chown postgresql:postgresqlgroup /var/run/postgresql >> ExecStart=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl start -D ${PGDATA} >> ExecStop=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl stop -D ${PGDATA} -s -m fast >> ExecReload=/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/pg_ctl reload -D ${PGDATA} -s >> Restart=on-failure >> KillMode=control-group >> ExecStop=/bin/kill -SIGTERM $MAINPID >> RestartSec=10s >> [Install] >> WantedBy=multi-user.target >> thanks in advance. >> regards, >> Marian >> Op di 30 okt. 2018 om 14:30 schreef Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>>: >> On 10/30/18 5:09 AM, Marian Forums wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a question about creating a service script to >> start/stop/status >> > postgresql instance ( version 9.6.8) on Red Hat 7. >> How did you install Postgres on the machine? >> > >> > 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 . >> Did you use the example at the above link or did you write your own? >> If you wrote your own can you show it? >> > >> > 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 >> -- Adrian Klaver >> adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx