[release-notes] Improved prose in setting up multiple PostgreSQL servers - BZ#743618

John J. McDonough jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 11 15:22:21 UTC 2011


commit f74aaad8ceee80f7bcc80e19845f42e40406947c
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 11 11:22:15 2011 -0400

    Improved prose in setting up multiple PostgreSQL servers - BZ#743618

 en-US/Database_Servers.xml |   21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 en-US/Revision_History.xml |    1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Database_Servers.xml b/en-US/Database_Servers.xml
index 3724dc8..bbcad5f 100644
--- a/en-US/Database_Servers.xml
+++ b/en-US/Database_Servers.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,21 @@ sudo postgresql-setup initdb
       
     </para>
     <para>
-    If you need to run more than one postgresql server on the same machine, you can duplicate and modify the <filename>postgresql.service</filename> file, as is customary with <package>systemd</package> services.  (Remember that custom service files should go into <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> not <filename>/lib/systemd/system/</filename>.)  Notice that PGDATA and PGPORT settings for alternate servers must now be specified in the custom service files; there is no longer any use of files in <filename>/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/</filename>. </para>
-    <para>You can use <filename>postgresql-setup</filename> for an alternate server by adding the name of the new service file to the command, for instance </para>
+      If you need to run more than one postgresql server on the same
+      machine, you can duplicate and modify the
+      <filename>postgresql.service</filename> file, as is customary
+      with <package>systemd</package> services.  (Remember that custom
+      service files should go into
+      <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> not
+      <filename>/lib/systemd/system/</filename>.)  Notice that PGDATA
+      and PGPORT settings for alternate servers must now be specified
+      in the custom service files.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Copy <filename>/lib/systemd/postgresl.service</filename> to
+      <filename>/etc/systemd/myservice.service</filename>, adjust
+      PGDATA and PGPORT in the new file. To set it up, run
+    </para>
     
     <para>
 
@@ -55,6 +68,10 @@ sudo postgresql-setup initdb myservice
     </para>
     <para>
     <filename>postgresql-setup</filename> will then extract the PGDATA setting from that service file instead of <filename>postgresql.service</filename>. </para>
+    <para>
+      The files in <filename>/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/</filename> are no
+      longer used.
+    </para>
   </section>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
index d63eebb..48f6f67 100644
--- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml
+++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	    <member>Various typos - BZ#741975</member>
 	    <member>Better prose on systemd database handling -
 	    BZ#743614</member>
+	    <member>Improved prose in setting up multiple PostgreSQL servers - BZ#743618</member>
 	  </simplelist>
 	</revdescription>
       </revision>


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