[OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI

[Lou Picciano]

Boris, 


Digging a bit further (I must admit, I've never installed our postgresql_84), this package installs its service manifest into /lib/svc/manifest/application/database/postgresql_84.xml 
The method this manifest calls is in: $ /lib/svc/method/postgres_84 


You can start up either the 32bit or 64bit builds with a syntax like this: 


$ svcadm enable postgresql_84:default_32bit 


So it's really easy. That svc will even initialize the cluster for you - find your data in /var/postgres/8.4/data, or /var/postgres/8.4/data_64; pick your poison. 


Gotta love OpenIndiana. 


The SFE guys have built more recent versions; these are in the SFE repository. I've also gotta wake up and build latest versions for our userland. We're on v9.2.1 here. 


Lou Picciano 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Picciano" <loupicciano at comcast.net> 
To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:33:58 PM 
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI 


I think a general convention would be: put into 'site' what you are building custom. Various formal installs will place manifests in the other paths according to the 'Great Wisdom' (to which a very few are party!) 


Others (many of whom will have 'The Knowledge') will weigh in... (!) 


Lou 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Boris Epstein" <borepstein at gmail.com> 
To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:28:40 PM 
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI 

Lou, 

Thanks. There's also stuff under /var/svc/manifest/ It is a bit confusing - 
how does one determine what goes where? 

Boris. 

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano at comcast.net>wrote: 

> I think we're using /lib/svc/manifest as the new standard. 
> Custom service definitions often placed in /lib/svc/manifest/site , by 
> convention. 
> 
> 
> You'll need a corresponding method file to make it all hang together. 
> 
> 
> Lou Picciano 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Boris Epstein" <borepstein at gmail.com> 
> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:11:07 PM 
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] postgres as service on OI 
> 
> Hello listmates, 
> 
> I am a bit of a newbie so bear with me. 
> 
> If I want postgres to start up automatically - where do I put the XML 
> definition file to have it start as a service? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Boris. 
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