Re: [ovirt-users] Remote DB: How do you set server_version?

I've been down this road. Postgres won't lie about its version for you. If you want to do this, you have to patch the Ovirt installer[1]. I stopped trying to use my PG cluster at some point - the relationship between the installer and the product combined with the overly restrictive requirements baked into the installer[2]) makes doing so an ongoing hassle. So I treat Ovirt's PG as an black box; disappointing, considering that we are a very heavy PG shop with a lot of expertise and automation I can't use with Ovirt. If nothing has changed (my notes are from a few versions ago), everything you need to correct is in /usr/share/ovirt-engine/setup/ovirt_engine_setup/engine_common/constants.py Aside from the version, you'll also have to make the knobs for vacuuming match those of your current installation, and I think there was another configurable for something else I'm not remembering right now. Be aware that doing so is accepting an ongoing commitment to monkeying with the installer a lot. At one time I thought doing so was the right tradeoff, but it turns out I was wrong. -j [1] Or you could rebuild PG with a fake version. That option was unavailable here. [2] Not criticizing, just stating a technical fact. How folks apportion their QA resources is their business. > On May 2, 2018, at 12:49 PM, ~Stack~ <i.am.stack(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Greetings, > > Exploring hosting my engine and ovirt_engine_history db's on my > dedicated PostgreSQL server. > > This is a 9.5 install on a beefy box from the postgresql.org yum repos > that I'm using for other SQL needs too. 9.5.12 to be exact. I set up the > database just as the documentation says and I'm doing a fresh install of > my engine-setup. > > During the install, right after I give it the details for the remote I > get this error: > [ ERROR ] Please set: > server_version = 9.5.9 > in postgresql.conf on 'None'. Its location is usually > /var/lib/pgsql/data , or somewhere under /etc/postgresql* . > > Huh? >

Um. OK. > $ grep ^server_version postgresql.conf > server_version = 9.5.9 > > $ systemctl restart postgresql-9.5.service > > LOG: syntax error in file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf" > line 33, n...n ".9" > FATAL: configuration file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf" > contains errors > > > Well that didn't work. Let's try something else. > > $ grep ^server_version postgresql.conf > server_version = 9.5.9 > > $ systemctl restart postgresql-9.5.service > LOG: parameter "server_version" cannot be changed > FATAL: configuration file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf" > contains errors > > Whelp. That didn't work either. I can't seem to find anything in the > oVirt docs on setting this. > > How am I supposed to do this? > > Thanks! > ~Stack~ > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users