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Version 4.1.0

Metadata Database Management

The Metadata Database is an internal PostgreSQL instance used exclusively to store metadata for the observability service.

Below are the available commands to control the Metadata Database service.

Prerequisites
Command Syntax
Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb [OPERATIONS] [FLAGS]

Operations:​

  • Status — Allows checking the status of the Metadata Database service
  • Start — Allows starting the Metadata Database service
  • Stop — Allows stopping the Metadata Database service
  • Restart — Allows restarting the Metadata Database service
  • Reload — Allows reloading the Metadata Database service

Flags:​

  • -a, --agent=<agent> → Alias, hostname or IP address where the PgSmart Agent is installed
  • -h, --help → Help
  • -q, --quiet → Non-interactive execution for Metadata Database control (status|start|stop|restart|reload)
Non-Interactive Execution
Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb [status|start|stop|restart|reload] -q -a <agent>
Interactive Execution

Check Metadata Database Service Status​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb status

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 1 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Status
    Figure 1 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Status

Stop Metadata Database Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb stop

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 3 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Stop
    Figure 3 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Stop

Start Metadata Database Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb start

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 2 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Start
    Figure 2 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Start

Restart Metadata Database Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb restart

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 4 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Restart
    Figure 4 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Restart

Reload Metadata Database Service​

Terminal input
    pgsmart obs metadb reload

  1. Select the PgSmart Agent or register a new one.

    Figure 5 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Reload
    Figure 5 - Metrics Exporter - metadb - Reload