Adds support for PGDATA changing

manifests/server/config.pp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   $version                    = $postgresql::server::_version
   $manage_pg_hba_conf         = $postgresql::server::manage_pg_hba_conf
   $manage_pg_ident_conf       = $postgresql::server::manage_pg_ident_conf
+  $datadir                    = $postgresql::server::datadir
 
   if ($manage_pg_hba_conf == true) {
     # Prepare the main pg_hba file
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@
   postgresql::server::config_entry { 'port':
     value => $port,
   }
+  postgresql::server::config_entry { 'data_directory':
+    value => $datadir,
+  }
 
   # RedHat-based systems hardcode some PG* variables in the init script, and need to be overriden
   # in /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql. Create a blank file so we can manage it with augeas later.

manifests/server/config_entry.pp

@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@
           notify  => Class['postgresql::server::service'],
           before  => Class['postgresql::server::reload'],
         }
+      } else {
+        if $name == 'data_directory' {
+          # We need to force postgresql to stop before updating the data directory
+          # otherwise init script breaks
+          exec { "postgresql_${name}":
+            command => "service ${::postgresql::server::service_name} stop",
+            onlyif  => "service ${::postgresql::server::service_name} status",
+            unless  => "grep 'PGDATA=${value}' /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql",
+            path    => '/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin',
+            require => File['/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql'],
+          } ->
+          augeas { 'override PGDATA in /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql':
+            lens    => 'Shellvars.lns',
+            incl    => '/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/*',
+            context => '/files/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql',
+            changes => "set PGDATA ${value}",
+            require => File['/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql'],
+            notify  => Class['postgresql::server::service'],
+            before  => Class['postgresql::server::reload'],
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }

spec/acceptance/alternative_pgdata_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+
+# These tests ensure that postgres can change itself to an alternative pgdata
+# location properly.
+describe 'postgres::server', :unless => UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('osfamily')) do
+  it 'on an alternative pgdata location' do
+    pp = <<-EOS
+      class { 'postgresql::server': datadir => '/var/pgsql' }
+    EOS
+
+    apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true)
+    apply_manifest(pp, :catch_changes => true)
+  end
+
+  describe "Alternate Directory" do
+    File.directory?("/var/pgsql").should be true
+  end
+
+  it 'can connect with psql' do
+    psql('--command="\l" postgres', 'postgres') do |r|
+      expect(r.stdout).to match(/List of databases/)
+    end
+  end
+
+end

spec/unit/defines/server/config_entry_spec.rb

@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context "data_directory" do
+    let(:params) {{ :ensure => 'present', :name => 'data_directory_spec', :value => '/var/pgsql' }}
+
+    it 'stops postgresql and changes the data directory' do
+      is_expected.to contain_exec('postgresql_data_directory')
+      is_expected.to contain_augeas('override PGDATA in /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql')
+    end
+  end
+
   context "passes values through appropriately" do
     let(:params) {{ :ensure => 'present', :name => 'check_function_bodies', :value => 'off' }}