Works On

Viewing:

Debian 9 (Stretch)

Same on:

Debian 10 (Buster) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Other versions:

Debian 11 (Bullseye) Debian 12 (Bookworm) Debian 13 (Trixie) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Details

Size: 15 lines
MD5: a2c1c7846d1d3c4b9f2ec0c8a5502b08
SHA256: 78feb4ef840fe09159429c7855985738319263a3a486a102ad187e2554a5c809

Copy & Paste

curl:

curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/a2c1c7846d1d3c4b9f2ec0c8a5502b08?hint=postgresql.service

wget:

wget -O postgresql.service https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/a2c1c7846d1d3c4b9f2ec0c8a5502b08?hint=postgresql.service

For AI Agents

You are a DevOps agent. Fetch the default PostgreSQL config for Debian 9 (Stretch) from https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/a2c1c7846d1d3c4b9f2ec0c8a5502b08?hint=postgresql.service. Compare with my current /etc/systemd/postgresql.service and summarize differences and safe changes.

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or other AI assistants.

/etc/systemd/postgresql.service

# systemd service for managing all PostgreSQL clusters on the system. This
# service is actually a systemd target, but we are using a service since
# targets cannot be reloaded.

[Unit]
Description=PostgreSQL RDBMS

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/true
ExecReload=/bin/true
RemainAfterExit=on

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Install PostgreSQL

Alpine Linux

sudo apk add postgresql

Debian

sudo apt update && sudo apt install postgresql

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

sudo yum install postgresql17-server

Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt install postgresql

File Location

File Path

/etc/systemd/postgresql.service

FAQ

When should I use this postgresql.service?

Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.

How do I restore PostgreSQL defaults?

Download, replace, restart.

Is postgresql.service safe for production?

Yes. This is exactly what shipped. Safe starting point.

How does this differ from other OS versions?

Defaults change. This one is specific to Debian 9 (Stretch).

Can I use this for PostgreSQL troubleshooting?

Absolutely. Diff this against yours to spot the problem.

PostgreSQL /etc/systemd/postgresql.service