salt.states.postgres_initdb¶

pgsql-data-dir:
  postgres_initdb.present:
    - name: /var/lib/pgsql/data
    - auth: password
    - user: postgres
    - password: strong_password
    - encoding: UTF8
    - locale: C
    - runas: postgres
    - checksums: True
    - waldir: /var/postgresql/wal

salt.states.postgres_initdb.present(name, user=None, password=None, auth='password', encoding='UTF8', locale=None, runas=None, waldir=None, checksums=False)¶

Initialize the PostgreSQL data directory

name

The name of the directory to initialize

user

The database superuser name

password

The password to set for the postgres user

auth

The default authentication method for local connections

encoding

The default encoding for new databases

locale

The default locale for new databases

waldir

The transaction log (WAL) directory (default is to keep WAL inside the data directory)

New in version 2019.2.0.

checksums

If True, the cluster will be created with data page checksums.

Note

Data page checksums are supported since PostgreSQL 9.3.

New in version 2019.2.0.

runas

The system user the operation should be performed on behalf of