- make
- m4
- docbook-utils
- help2man
- elinks (pretty README.rpm-dist)
- postgresql-server (detect current version)
Installable on Fedora with
sudo dnf install m4 docbook-utils help2man elinks postgresql-server
- coreutils
- util-linux (mountpoint utility)
- autoconf
- automake
- autoconf-archive
This script is used as a wrapper around PostgreSQL initialization and upgrade commands. It also parses init system service files and/or environment files to correctly find datadir based on current system.
To initialize new PostgreSQL data directory use ./postgresql-setup --initdb.
To upgrade existing PostgreSQL data directory to use newer PostgreSQL version
use ./postgresql-setup --upgrade.
If your distribution doesn't include this
script with PostgreSQL and you are using this on your own, please update
./etc/postgresql-setup/upgrade/postgresql.conf to reflect your setup.
Your setup might not include systemd as the init system or include any
init system at all. This would be the case in most of the base container images
for example. This script will try to compensate by parsing systemd
service file in preconfigured path directly. By default the path is
/lib/systemd/system.
If there is no systemd service file, or for whatever reason the script is unable
to find valid PostgreSQL data directory, you can still provide PostgreSQL data
directory path manually by using --datadir argument. For example when
initializing new data directory use postgresql-setup --initdb --datadir=/my/path.
This feature is most beneficial when using this script inside container images, as it gives you the most control with least dependencies.
Be careful about paths. You might need to tweak paths either in the configure files, or in code based on your environment.
- Line 49 of
./bin/postgresql-setup.inin functionbuilddir_source ()has to be changed to location of your project otherwise you won't be able to run your build without full installation into system paths- For example line should be
. "/postgresql-setup/$file"if your working project is located at/postgresql-setup - Do NOT commit/merge this change
- For example line should be
autoreconf -vfi./configure --prefix=/usr- Prefix needed for fedora environment - one of the path tweaks that are needed
make
After aforementioned steps, you should be able to run freshly built postgresql-setup script directly from /bin folder in this repo.
If no init system is present, PostgreSQL server can be run after initialization
via /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -l /var/lib/pgsql/logfile start