PGPOOL(8)

NAME
pgpool - PostgreSQL connection pool daemon

SYNOPSIS
pgpool [ -d ] [ -f file ] [ -n ] [ -h ]

pgpool [ -d ] [ -f file ] [ -m mode ] stop

pgpool [ -d ] [ -f file ] [ -m mode ] [ -s m[aster] | s[econdary] ] switch

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.

When started without arguments, pgpool starts as a daemon in the background. When started with the argument stop, pgpool is shut down. With the argument switch, pgpool will switch between master and secondary servers. If only one server is configured, this will only restart the child processes.

pgpool is typically started and stopped via system initialization scripts.

OPTIONS

-d  Print lots of debug messages.

-f path
    Sets the path to the configuration file (default: /usr/pkg/etc/pgpool.conf).

-h  Print a help message and exit.

-m mode
    Shutdown mode: smart, fast, or immediate.

-n  Do not start as daemon. Error messages go to stdout or stderr. Thus you could play with utilities such as logger(1) and rotatelogs(8). You need to run in background explicitly if you use this option.

-s m[aster] | s[econdary]
    Determines which server to switch away from. If this option is omitted, the master goes down.

FILES

/usr/pkg/etc/pgpool.conf
    Default configuration file

SEE ALSO
logger(1), postmaster(1), rotatelogs(8)

Additional information can be found in the pgpool README file.