PG_AUTOCTL_RELOAD(1)

💖 PG_AUTOCTL RELOAD(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the pg_autoctl reload page from the pg_auto_failover manual. yes she's a whole vibe, and yes she's here to tell you how to gently poke a running service until it re-reads its config. let's go ✨

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🦋 NAME 🦋

pg_autoctl reload — pg_autoctl reload

pg_autoctl reload — signal the pg_autoctl so it can reload its configuration. it's giving "hey bestie, refresh ur settings" energy 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so this command signals a running pg_autoctl process to reload its configuration from disk, and it also signals the managed Postgres service to reload its configuration. two-for-one, iconic, no cap 💅

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

--pgdata      path to data directory

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the pg_autoctl reload command finds the PID of the running service for the given --pgdata, and if the process is still running, it sends a SIGHUP signal to the process. that's it, that's the whole plot. lowkey elegant, highkey effective 🌈

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --pgdata — the location of the Postgres node being managed locally. it defaults to the environment variable PGDATA. and listen: use --monitor to connect to a monitor from anywhere, rather than the monitor URI used by a local Postgres node managed with pg_autoctl. iykyk 🎀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Microsoft

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🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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and that's the tea, bestie 🧚 go forth and SIGHUP responsibly. remember: every single flag, every default, every path — all still facts, all still real, the vibes are just cuter now 💜

signing off from pg_auto_failover version 2.1, dated Jan 18, 2025 — stay hydrated, reload ur config, and slay ✨💖🎀