Restart an Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server instance

APPLIES TO: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

This article shows you how to perform restart, start and stop an Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server instance using Azure CLI.

Prerequisites

• If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a trial account before you begin.

• Install or upgrade Azure CLI to the latest version. See Install Azure CLI.

• Login to Azure account using az login command. Note the id property, which refers to Subscription ID for your Azure account.

  az login
  

• If you have multiple subscriptions, choose the appropriate subscription in which you want to create the server using the az account set command. `

  az account set --subscription <subscription id>
  

• Create an Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server instance if you haven't already created one using the az postgres flexible-server create command.

  az postgres flexible-server create --resource-group myresourcegroup --name myservername
  

Restart a server

To restart a server, run the az postgres flexible-server restart command. If you're using local context, you don't need to provide any arguments.

Usage:

az postgres flexible-server restart [--name]
                                 [--resource-group]
                                 [--subscription]

Example without local context:

az postgres flexible-server restart  --resource-group --name myservername

Example with local context:

az postgres flexible-server restart

Next steps

• Learn more about stopping and starting Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server