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* 5 Instances in one box -- Postgresql.conf Archive Log command
@ 2026-02-09 09:35 Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>
  2026-02-09 17:44 ` Re: 5 Instances in one box -- Postgresql.conf Archive Log command Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
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From: Subramanian,Ramachandran @ 2026-02-09 09:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org>

Hello,

We have 5 instances running under  different ports and we have multiple servers with the same structure. i.e. I have multiple servers with the same five instances per server configuration.

/var/lib/pgsql/INST1/data - Port number 1234
/var/lib/pgsql/INST2/data - Port number 1235
/var/lib/pgsql/INST3/data - Port number 1236
/var/lib/pgsql/INST4/data - Port number 1237
/var/lib/pgsql/INST5/data - Port number 1238

I try to make changes to postgresql.conf  in our sandbox/testing server for just one instance and I simply copy over the changes to all the instances and then to all the servers.

I want to place the archived WALs in separate directories for each instance.  How can I introduce the INST1 INST2 INST3 INST4 names in the archive command  variable /mnt/server/archivedir , without explicitly editing changing each postgresql.conf file? It is not absolutely important for me that the archive log directories bear the exact names INST1 2 3 ..5. however, I want the archive log directories to be resolved to unique names based on which instance the archive is done.

Thank you in advance for your time.

LG

Ram

archive_command = 'test ! -f /mnt/server/archivedir/%f && cp %p /mnt/server/archivedir/%f'  # Unix



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* Re: 5 Instances in one box -- Postgresql.conf Archive Log command
  2026-02-09 09:35 5 Instances in one box -- Postgresql.conf Archive Log command Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>
@ 2026-02-09 17:44 ` Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
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From: Greg Sabino Mullane @ 2026-02-09 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>; +Cc: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org>

You cannot do that natively with Postgres. However, one solution would be
to make the archive_command into a separate file, that the main
postgresql.conf includes. Then you can keep copying the postgresql.conf but
keep the archive_command separate and unique. The syntax is

include = 'myserver.conf'

And then the myserver.conf would contain things specific to each server,
e.g.

archive_command = 'test ! -f /archives/INST3/%f && cp %p /archives/INST3/%f'
cluster_name = 'inst3'


Cheers,
Greg


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