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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9a80555827..582ab0fd2b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -18453,15 +18453,12 @@ The @code{(gnu services databases)} module provides the following services. @subsubheading PostgreSQL -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} postgresql-service [#:postgresql postgresql] @ - [#:config-file] [#:data-directory ``/var/lib/postgresql/data''] @ - [#:port 5432] [#:locale ``en_US.utf8''] [#:extension-packages '()] -Return a service that runs @var{postgresql}, the PostgreSQL database -server. +The following example describes a PostgreSQL service with the default +configuration. -The PostgreSQL daemon loads its runtime configuration from @var{config-file}, -creates a database cluster with @var{locale} as the default -locale, stored in @var{data-directory}. It then listens on @var{port}. +@lisp +(service postgresql-service-type) +@end lisp If the services fails to start, it may be due to an incompatible cluster already present in @var{data-directory}. Adjust it (or, if you @@ -18481,6 +18478,29 @@ createuser --interactive createdb $MY_USER_LOGIN # Replace appropriately. @end example +@deftp {Data Type} postgresql-configuration +Data type representing the configuration for the +@code{postgresql-service-type}. + +@table @asis +@item @var{postgresql} (default: @code{postgresql}) +PostgreSQL package to use for the service. + +@item @var{port} (default: @code{5432}) +Port on which PostgreSQL should listen. + +@item @var{locale} (default: @code{"en_US.utf8"}) +Locale to use as the default when creating the database cluster. + +@item @var{config-file} (default: @code{(postgresql-config-file)}) +The configuration file to use when running PostgreSQL. The default +behaviour uses the postgresql-config-file record with the default values +for the fields. + +@item @var{data-directory} (default: @code{"/var/lib/postgresql/data"}) +Directory in which to store the data. + +@item @var{extension-packages} (default: @code{'()}) @cindex postgresql extension-packages Additional extensions are loaded from packages listed in @var{extension-packages}. Extensions are available at runtime. For instance, @@ -18516,7 +18536,9 @@ psql -U postgres There is no need to add this field for contrib extensions such as hstore or dblink as they are already loadable by postgresql. This field is only required to add extensions provided by other packages. -@end deffn + +@end table +@end deftp @subsubheading MariaDB/MySQL |