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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] [--user-pin | --keystore-passphrase | --kms-secret]
pg_ctl restart [-D datadir] [-m s[mart] | f[ast] | i[mmediate] ]
             [-W] [-t seconds] [-s] [-o options] [-c]
             [--user-pin | --keystore-passphrase | --kms-secret]

Options

Hardware-based key store options
--user-pin

Prompts for a user pin to open a keystore.

File-based key store options
--keystore-passphrase

Prompt for the passphrase to open the keystore.

Keystore Options When Using a Key Management System as a Keystore
--kms-secret

Prompt for secret information to open the keystore.

See

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