---
name: "pg_autoctl stop"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pg-auto-failover-cli"
version: "2.2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pg_autoctl stop"
---

# pg\_autoctl stop(1)

pg\_autoctl stop pg\_autoctl stop - signal the pg\_autoctl service for it to stop

## NAME

pg\_autoctl stop - pg\_autoctl stop

pg\_autoctl stop - signal the pg\_autoctl service for it to stop

## SYNOPSIS

This commands stops the processes needed to run a monitor node or a keeper node, depending on the configuration file that belongs to the **--pgdata** option or **PGDATA** environment variable.

```
usage: pg_autoctl stop  [ --pgdata --fast --immediate ]
--pgdata      path to data directory
--fast        fast shutdown mode for the keeper
--immediate   immediate shutdown mode for the keeper
```

## DESCRIPTION

The **pg\_autoctl stop** commands finds the PID of the running service for the given **--pgdata**, and if the process is still running, sends a **SIGTERM** signal to the process.

When **pg\_autoclt** receives a shutdown signal a shutdown sequence is triggered. Depending on the signal received, an operation that has been started (such as a state transition) is either run to completion, stopped as the next opportunity, or stopped immediately even when in the middle of the transition.

## OPTIONS

- **--pgdata**

  Location of the Postgres node being managed locally. Defaults to the environment variable **PGDATA**. Use **--monitor** to connect to a monitor from anywhere, rather than the monitor URI used by a local Postgres node managed with **pg\_autoctl**.

- **--fast**

  Fast Shutdown mode for **pg\_autoctl**. Sends the **SIGINT** signal to the running service, which is the same as using **C-c** on an interactive process running as a foreground shell job.

- **--immediate**

  Immediate Shutdown mode for **pg\_autoctl**. Sends the **SIGQUIT** signal to the running service.

## ENVIRONMENT

PGDATA

Postgres directory location. Can be used instead of the **--pgdata** option.

PG\_AUTOCTL\_MONITOR

Postgres URI to connect to the monitor node, can be used instead of the **--monitor** option.

XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME

The pg\_autoctl command stores its configuration files in the standard place XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME. See the *XDG Base Directory Specification*.

XDG\_DATA\_HOME

The pg\_autoctl command stores its internal states files in the standard place XDG\_DATA\_HOME, which defaults to **~/.local/share**. See the *XDG* *Base Directory Specification*.

## AUTHOR

Microsoft

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.