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<span class="application">pg_isready</span> is a utility for checking the connection
status of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database server. The exit
status specifies the result of the connection check.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
Specifies the name of the database to connect to.
</p><p>
If this parameter contains an <code class="symbol">=</code> sign or starts
with a valid <acronym class="acronym">URI</acronym> prefix
(<code class="literal">postgresql://</code>
or <code class="literal">postgres://</code>), it is treated as a
<em class="parameter"><code>conninfo</code></em> string. See <a class="xref" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">Section 34.1.1</a> for more information.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
server is running. If the value begins
with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix-domain
socket.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix-domain
socket file extension on which the server is listening for
connections. Defaults to the value of the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code>
environment variable or, if not set, to the port specified at
compile time, usually 5432.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Do not display status message. This is useful when scripting.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--timeout=<em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
The maximum number of seconds to wait when attempting connection before
returning that the server is not responding. Setting to 0 disables. The
default is 3 seconds.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
Connect to the database as the user <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em> instead of the default.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Print the <span class="application">pg_isready</span> version and exit.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Show help about <span class="application">pg_isready</span> command line
arguments, and exit.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.7"><h2>Exit Status</h2><p>
<span class="application">pg_isready</span> returns <code class="literal">0</code> to the shell if the server
is accepting connections normally, <code class="literal">1</code> if the server is rejecting
connections (for example during startup), <code class="literal">2</code> if there was no response to the
connection attempt, and <code class="literal">3</code> if no attempt was made (for example due to invalid
parameters).
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.8"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
<code class="command">pg_isready</code>, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
utilities,
also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
(see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.14. Environment Variables">Section 34.14</a>).
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-NOTES"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
It is not necessary to supply correct user name, password, or database
name values to obtain the server status; however, if incorrect values
are provided, the server will log a failed connection attempt.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
Standard Usage:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">/tmp:5432 - accepting connections</code>
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">0</code>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
Running with connection parameters to a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster in startup:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready -h localhost -p 5433</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">localhost:5433 - rejecting connections</code>
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">1</code>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
Running with connection parameters to a non-responsive <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready -h someremotehost</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">someremotehost:5432 - no response</code>
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
<code class="computeroutput">2</code>
</pre><p>
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