How to check status of PostgreSQL server Mac OS X

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How can I tell if my Postgresql server is running or not   I m getting this message      dev working sw  sudo bundle exec rake db migrate  rake aborted  could not connect to server  Connection refused     Is the server running on host  localhost  and accepting     TCP IP connections on port 5432    Update    gt  which postgres  usr local bin postgres  gt  pg ctl -D  usr local bin postgres -l  usr local bin postgres server log start pg ctl  could not open PID file   usr local bin postgres postmaster pid   Not a directory   Update 2    gt pg ctl -D  usr local var postgres -l  usr local var postgres server log start server starting sh   usr local var postgres server log  No such file or directory

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The pg ctl status command suggested in other answers checks that the postmaster process exists and if so reports that it s running  That doesn t necessarily mean it is ready to accept connections or execute queries    It is better to use another method like using psql to run a simple query and checking the exit code  e g  psql -c  SELECT 1   or use pg isready to check the connection status

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You probably did not init postgres   If you installed using HomeBrew  the init must be run before anything else becomes usable   To see the instructions  run brew info postgres    Create Upgrade a Database If this is your first install  create a database with       initdb  usr local var postgres -E utf8  To have launchd start postgresql at login     ln -sfv  usr local opt postgresql   plist   Library LaunchAgents  Then to load postgresql now          launchctl load   Library LaunchAgents homebrew mxcl postgresql plist  Or  if you don t want need launchctl  you can just run      pg ctl -D  usr local var postgres -l  usr local var postgres server log start   Once you have run that  it should say something like      Success  You can now start the database server using   postgres -D  usr local var postgres or pg ctl -D  usr local var postgres -l logfile start    If you are still having issues  check your firewall  If you use a good one like HandsOff  and it was configured to block traffic  then your page will not see the database

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You can use brew to start stop pgsql  I ve following short cuts in my    bashrc file alias start-pg  brew services start postgresql  alias stop-pg  brew services stop postgresql  alias restart-pg  brew services restart postgresql

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You can run the following command to determine if postgress is running     pg ctl status   You ll also want to set the PGDATA environment variable   Here s what I have in my    bashrc file for postgres   export PGDATA   usr local var postgres  export PGHOST localhost alias start-pg  pg ctl -l  PGDATA server log start  alias stop-pg  pg ctl stop -m fast  alias show-pg-status  pg ctl status  alias restart-pg  pg ctl reload    To get them to take effect  remember to source it like so          bashrc   Now  try it and you should get something like this     show-pg-status pg ctl  server is running  PID  11030   usr local Cellar postgresql 9 2 4 bin postgres

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As of PostgreSQL 9 3  you can use the command pg isready to determine the connection status of a PostgreSQL server   From the docs      pg isready returns 0 to the shell if the server is accepting connections normally  1 if the server is rejecting connections  for example during startup   2 if there was no response to the connection attempt  and 3 if no attempt was made  for example due to invalid parameters

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The simplest way to to check running processes   ps auxwww   grep postgres   And look for a command that looks something like this  your version may not be 8 3     Library PostgreSQL 8 3 bin postgres -D  Library PostgreSQL 8 3 data   To start the server  execute something like this    Library PostgreSQL 8 3 bin pg ctl start -D  Library PostgreSQL 8 3 data -l postgres log

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It depends on where your postgresql server is installed  You use the pg ctl to manually start the server like below   pg ctl -D  usr local var postgres -l  usr local var postgres server log start

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