PG_AUTOCTL RELOAD(1)

✨ NAME ✨

pg_autoctl reload — bestie, it's giving "tell pg_autoctl to go re-read its config" 💅

pg_autoctl reload — signal the pg_autoctl for it to reload its configuration

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so this command signals a running pg_autoctl process to reload its configuration from disk, and also signals the managed Postgres service to reload its configuration. two for one, we love to see it 🫶

usage: pg_autoctl reload  [ --pgdata ] [ --json ]

--pgdata      path to data directory

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓 — the pg_autoctl reload command goes and finds the PID of the running service for whatever --pgdata you gave it. and if that process is still running (vibe check: passed ✨), it sends a SIGHUP signal to it. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic, lowkey, no notes 👑

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• --pgdata — where the Postgres node that's being managed locally lives, path-wise. it defaults to the environment variable PGDATA. and psst — use --monitor to connect to a monitor from literally anywhere, instead of the monitor URI that a local Postgres node managed with pg_autoctl would use. iykyk 🌈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Microsoft

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that fr fr 💜 this was pg_autoctl reload from the pg_auto_failover manual, version 2.2, dated Apr 07, 2025 — mwah, slay, periodt ✨🎀🦋