Stop and start PostgreSQL service

Zerops allows you to stop any service. Stopped services only consume disk.

Stop, start and restart PostgreSQL service in Zerops GUI

To stop the PostgreSQL service in Zerops GUI go to the project dashboard and select the Stop menu item in the top right corner.

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To start the stopped PostgreSQL service choose the Start item from the same menu.

To restart the PostgreSQL service choose the Restart item from the same menu.

Stop and start PostgreSQL using zCLI

zCLI is the Zerops command-line tool. To stop and start the PostgreSQL service via the command-line, follow these steps:

1. Install & setup zCLI
2. Run the zcli service stop command

Usage:
  zcli service stop [serviceIdOrName] [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help               the enable Zerops subdomain command.
      --projectId string   If you have access to more than one project, you must specify the project ID for which the
                           command is to be executed.
      --serviceId string   If you have access to more than one service, you must specify the service ID for which the
                           command is to be executed.

Info

zCLI commands are interactive, when you press enter after zcli service stop, you will be given a list of your projects and services to choose from.

3. Run the zcli service start command

Usage:
  zcli service start [{serviceName | serviceId}] [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help               the service start command.
      --projectId string   If you have access to more than one project, you must specify the project ID for which the
                           command is to be executed.
      --serviceId string   If you have access to more than one service, you must specify the service ID for which the
                           command is to be executed.

Info

zCLI commands are interactive, when you press enter after zcli service start, you will be given a list of your projects and services to choose from.