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Enterprise Postgres 17 SP1 Reference

3.1 pg_ctl

Name

pg_ctl -- Initialize, start, stop, or control a PostgreSQL server

Synopsis

pg_ctl start [-D datadir] [-l filename] [-W] [-t seconds] [-s]
           [-o options] [-p path] [-c] [--keystore-passphrase | --kms-secret]
pg_ctl restart [-D datadir] [-m s[mart] | f[ast] | i[mmediate] ]
             [-W] [-t seconds] [-s] [-o options] [-c]
             [--keystore-passphrase | --kms-secret]

Options

--keystore-passphrase

Prompt for the passphrase to open the keystore when using a file-based keystore.

Linux--kms-secret

When you use a key management system as a keystore, you are prompted to enter secret information to open the keystore.

See

Refer to "pg_ctl" in the PostgreSQL Documentation for details.