PG_ISREADY(1) PostgreSQL 9.3.2 Documentation PG_ISREADY(1)NAMEpg_isready - check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server
SYNOPSISpg_isready [connection-option...] [option...]
DESCRIPTIONpg_isready is a utility for checking the connection status of a
PostgreSQL database server. The exit status specifies the result of the
connection check.
OPTIONS-d dbname, --dbname=dbname
Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
If this parameter contains an = sign or starts with a valid URI
prefix (postgresql:// or postgres://), it is treated as a conninfo
string. See Section 31.1.1, “Connection Strings”, in the
documentation for more information.
-h hostname, --host=hostname
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
directory for the Unix-domain socket.
-p port, --port=port
Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix-domain socket file
extension on which the server is listening for connections.
Defaults to the value of the PGPORT environment variable or, if not
set, to the port specified at compile time, usually 5432.
-q, --quiet
Do not display status message. This is useful when scripting.
-t seconds, --timeout=seconds
The maximum number of seconds to wait when attempting connection
before returning that the server is not responding. Setting to 0
disables. The default is 3 seconds.
-U username, --username=username
Connect to the database as the user username instead of the
default.
-V, --version
Print the pg_isready version and exit.
-?, --help
Show help about pg_isready command line arguments, and exit.
EXIT STATUSpg_isready returns 0 to the shell if the server is accepting
connections normally, 1 if the server is rejecting connections (for
example during startup), 2 if there was no response to the connection
attempt, and 3 if no attempt was made (for example due to invalid
parameters).
ENVIRONMENT
pg_isready, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the
environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 31.14,
“Environment Variables”, in the documentation).
NOTES
The options --dbname and --username can be used to avoid gratuitous
error messages in the logs, but are not necessary for proper
functionality.
EXAMPLES
Standard Usage:
$ pg_isready
/tmp:5432 - accepting connections
$ echo $?
0
Running with connection parameters to a PostgreSQL cluster in startup:
$ pg_isready-h localhost -p 5433
localhost:5433 - rejecting connections
$ echo $?
1
Running with connection parameters to a non-responsive PostgreSQL
cluster:
$ pg_isready-h someremotehost
someremotehost:5432 - no response
$ echo $?
2
PostgreSQL 9.3.2 2013 PG_ISREADY(1)
