Postgres uses SQL language to store and manage databases on the system. This procedure describes how to view and obtain helpful information about system databases, as well as the types of data being stored.
This procedure requires administrative privileges.
(ncn-mw#) Log in to the Postgres container.
kubectl -n services exec -it cray-smd-postgres-0 -c postgres -- bash
Example output:
____ _ _
/ ___| _ __ (_) | ___
\___ \| '_ \| | |/ _ \
___) | |_) | | | (_) |
|____/| .__/|_|_|\___/
|_|
This container is managed by runit, when stopping/starting services use sv
Examples:
sv stop cron
sv restart patroni
Current status: (sv status /etc/service/*)
run: /etc/service/cron: (pid 26) 487273s
run: /etc/service/patroni: (pid 24) 487273s
run: /etc/service/pgqd: (pid 25) 487273s
(postgres-container#) Log in as the postgres user.
psql -U postgres
Example output:
psql (14.7 (Ubuntu 14.7-1.pgdg18.04+1), server 11.19 (Ubuntu 11.19-1.pgdg18.04+1))
Type "help" for help.
postgres=#
(postgres#) List the existing databases.
\l
Example output:
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges
------------+-----------------+----------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------
hmsds | hmsdsuser | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |
postgres | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |
service_db | service_account | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |
template0 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres +
| | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres
template1 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres +
| | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres
(5 rows)
(postgres#) Establish a connection to the desired database.
In the example below, the hmsds database is used.
\c hmsds
Example output:
psql (14.7 (Ubuntu 14.7-1.pgdg18.04+1), server 11.19 (Ubuntu 11.19-1.pgdg18.04+1))
You are now connected to database "hmsds" as user "postgres".
hmsds=#
(postgres#) List the data types that are in the database being viewed.
\dt
Example output:
List of relations
Schema | Name | Type | Owner
--------+-------------------------+-------+-----------
public | comp_endpoints | table | hmsdsuser
public | comp_eth_interfaces | table | hmsdsuser
public | component_group_members | table | hmsdsuser
public | component_groups | table | hmsdsuser
public | component_lock_members | table | hmsdsuser
public | component_locks | table | hmsdsuser
public | components | table | hmsdsuser
public | discovery_status | table | hmsdsuser
public | hwinv_by_fru | table | hmsdsuser
public | hwinv_by_loc | table | hmsdsuser
public | hwinv_hist | table | hmsdsuser
public | job_state_rf_poll | table | hmsdsuser
public | job_sync | table | hmsdsuser
public | node_nid_mapping | table | hmsdsuser
public | power_mapping | table | hmsdsuser
public | rf_endpoints | table | hmsdsuser
public | schema_migrations | table | hmsdsuser
public | scn_subscriptions | table | hmsdsuser
public | service_endpoints | table | hmsdsuser
public | system | table | hmsdsuser
(20 rows)