Re: Is there a way to start postgresql v907 as non daemon process

Karthik wrote:
> I have observed by default posgresql 8.x onwards  starts as daemon
process. Is there a way to avoid
> it. I want it to run as normal process. The parent of the server
process should be the process that
> starts the server instead of being PID 1 ( init ). Till 7.4.2 ( Which
was the older version used by us
> ) was using running in normal mode. The same behavior is necessary as
we have our watchdog failing to
> identify that it server is actually running.
>
> ( Transcript to help you what I am talking about )
>
> c670e04:rkananth 16] /usr/local/bin/postgres --version
> postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.0.7
>
> c670e04:rkananth 11] postgres -D /data/db/postgres
> c670e04:rkananth 12] ps -A | grep post
> 65165  ??  Ss     0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/postgres
> 65167  ??  Ss     0:00.00 postgres: writer process    (postgres)
> 65168  ??  Ss     0:00.00 postgres: wal writer process    (postgres)
> 65169  ??  Ss     0:00.00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
(postgres)
> 65170  ??  Ss     0:00.00 postgres: stats collector process
(postgres)
> 65224   0  S+     0:00.00 grep post
>
> c670e04:rkananth 14] ps -p 65165 -o ppid
>  PPID
>     1
>
> c670e04:rkananth 15] ps 1
>   PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
>     1  ??  SLs    0:00.17 /sbin/init --
>
> I would be happy to provide further information if required.

If you really want that, start the PostgreSQL server this way:

$ postgres -D /data/directory &

But can't you teach your watchdog to read the postgresql.pid file?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe