On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 06:48:23AM -0500, stan wrote: > I just went to do soem work on our test/sandbox instance. I had upgraded > this ssytem to V12 a few days agao. I found that it was not running: > > Here is the last thing in the log: > > 2019-12-06 14:16:06.149 EST [3764] LOG: received fast shutdown request > 2019-12-06 14:16:06.154 EST [3764] LOG: aborting any active transactions > 2019-12-06 14:16:06.160 EST [3764] LOG: background worker "logical > replication launcher" (PID 3771) exited with exit code 1 > 2019-12-06 14:16:06.162 EST [3766] LOG: shutting down > 2019-12-06 14:16:06.204 EST [3764] LOG: database system is shut down > > > This was in the logfile that was one rotation back. The current one is > zero bytes: > > pg_lsclsuters shows: > > Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file > 12 main 5432 down postgres /var/lib/postgresql/12/main > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-12-main.log > > systemctl status postgresql shows: > > root@stantest:/var/log/postgresql# systemctl status postgresql > ● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL RDBMS > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor > prese > Active: active (exited) since Fri 2019-12-06 14:22:13 EST; 3 days ago > Process: 371 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > Process: 5555 ExecReload=/bin/true (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) > Main PID: 371 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > > Dec 10 06:41:19 stantest systemd[1]: Reloading PostgreSQL RDBMS. > Dec 10 06:41:19 stantest systemd[1]: Reloaded PostgreSQL RDBMS. > Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomple > > What do I need to do to get it started AND fix whatever caused this > unexpected shutdown? > > More info: As user posgres I cna start the server with: /usr/lib/postgresql/12/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/12/main -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/12/main/postgresql.conf Then I can connect to it. But sysctl does not start the instance. I am also getting this error message: /var/run/postgresql/12-main.pg_stat_tmp/global.tmp": No such file or directory 2019-12-10 08:35:02.360 EST [786] LOG: could not open temporary statistics file "/var/run/postgresql/12-main.pg_stat_tmp/global.tmp": No such file or directory But if I create that directory manually I cna start the server, As a reminder, this instance was recently upgarded from V11 to V12, if thta is significant. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin