NAME
pgpool - PostgreSQL connection pool daemon
SYNOPSIS
pgpool [ -c] [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ]
[ -n ] [ -d ]
pgpool [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ] [ -m
{s[mart]|f[ast]|i[mmediate]} ] stop
pgpool [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ] reload
DESCRIPTION
pgpool is a connection pool server for PostgreSQL. pgpool runs between
PostgreSQL’s client and server. Any PostgreSQL client can connect to
pgpool as if it’s a real PostgreSQL server. pgpool caches the
connection to the PostgreSQL server to reduce the overhead involved in
establishing the connection to it.
pgpool can also be used with two PostgreSQL servers for fail over
purposes. If the first server goes down, pgpool will automatically
switch to the secondary server.
pgpool is typically started and stopped via system initialization
scripts.
INVOCATION
pgpool [ options... ]
Starts as a daemon in the background (unless -n is given).
pgpool [ options... ] stop
Shutdown.
pgpool [ options... ] reload
Reloads the configuration.
OPTIONS
-a path
--hba-file path Sets the path to the pool_hba.conf configuration file
(default: /etc/pgpool_hba.conf).
-c
--clear-cache Clears the query cache.
-d
--debug Print lots of debug messages.
-f path
--config-file path Sets the path to the pgpool.conf configuration file
(default: /etc/pgpool.conf).
-F path
--pcp-config-file path Sets the path to the pcp.conf configuration file
(default: /etc/pcp.conf).
-h
--help Print a help message and exit.
-m mode
--mode mode Shutdown mode: smart, fast, or immediate.
-n
--no-daemon Foreground mode. Error messages go to stdout or stderr,
which could be piped out to log processors such as logger(1) or
rotatelogs(8). To daemonize, explicitly invoke pgpool in background.
-v
--version Print version and exit.
FILES
/etc/pgpool.conf
Default configuration file
/etc/pool_hba.conf
Host Based Access configuration file
/etc/pcp.conf
PCP commands configuration file
SEE ALSO
logger(1), postmaster(1), rotatelogs(8)
Additional information can be found in the pgpool README file.
12 Oct 2009