"PostgreSQL is the default database on Mac OS X Server as of version 10.7. The standard version of Mac OS X includes only the PostgreSQL commandline client utilities."
What does this sentence mean? Like java from now on mac going to package its own Postgresql database? No installation is allowed?
Mac mini
PostgreSQL is built in, but nothing stops you from installing another version if that's what you want.
Thank you for the answer. Does that mean everything on Mac server will be stored in PostgreSQL database but not in their own file system? I am sorry if that was a stupid question. I do not have a Mac mini for my self but one of my client has it.
Little background of the issue which I would like to solve for us:
We devolop software which is used to analyse data. We package PostgreSQL along with the software. One of our client installed our software on mac mini server. When he started the application there was a problem and postgreSQL did not start.
Then he used diskutility and did somthing which solved the problem.
When I was looking for possible troubleshooting options for PostgreSQL I found "PostgreSQL is the default database on Mac OS X Server as of version 10.7. The standard version of Mac OS X includes only the PostgreSQL commandline client utilities." this piece of information.
Then I was confused whether the software is listening to the packaged PostgreSQL or the inbuilt one.
We were also suspecting there could be more problems if it is wrighting the data into inbuilt PostgreSQL.
Thanks in advance.
Does that mean everything on Mac server will be stored in PostgreSQL database but not in their own file system?
I'm not sure I fully understand your question, but OS X Server uses a database to store some service data. Not everything.
I was confused whether the software is listening to the packaged PostgreSQL or the inbuilt one.
The built-in PGSQL process listens on a socket that is reserved for the system. It's unlikely that your application would interfere with it. That's all I can tell you on the basis of the information provided.
Thank you very much for reading and answering my question.
We hope the same that it is unlike that it is going to use the inbuilt PostgreSQL.
The packaged PostgreSQL with our application listens to the port 5435 unlike the default 5432(probably).
At the moment even I do not want to think anything will go wrong. We have not looked into the users installation yet.
Once we look into his installation we would get more clearer idea.
Anyway Thank you once again for sparing some time to answer my questions.
Postgresql on Mac server
