On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 9:22 AM Kal <kalel.cod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 at 7:42 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Start by seeing where the port is actually being set by running this: >> >> select setting, source, sourcefile, sourceline from pg_settings where >> name = 'port'; >> Cheers, >> Greg >> >> Hi Greg, > > The query output states the source as command line. Event the port value > output from show port is same as given in pg_ctl command. > > But the database is listening on some other random port. >
*Client* applications use a random port on *their* host: In this case, 10.176.242.216 is the client, and 10.109.165.4, and 10.176.252.201 are the DB servers: $ netstat -an | grep :5432 tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:37086 10.109.165.4:5432 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:43256 10.176.252.201:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36172 10.143.170.55:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36142 10.143.170.55:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36156 10.143.170.55:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36174 10.143.170.55:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:38998 10.109.165.4:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36186 10.143.170.55:5432 TIME_WAIT tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36188 10.143.170.55:5432 ESTABLISHED tcp 19 0 10.176.242.216:36196 10.143.170.55:5432 ESTABLISHED tcp 19 0 10.176.242.216:36208 10.143.170.55:5432 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 10.176.242.216:36210 10.143.170.55:5432 ESTABLISHED -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> crustacean!
