From 9e64276e57b6d0aac2c34bb941879ae4e0c7f66a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aiden Gerbrandt <aiden.gerbrandt@entropic.pro>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:49:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added service info

---
 Postgresql.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Postgresql.md b/Postgresql.md
index ae71aea..40d75e9 100644
--- a/Postgresql.md
+++ b/Postgresql.md
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ sudo dnf install postgresql-server
 ```
 
 ## Setup
+First make sure postgres is running:
+```sh
+systemctl status postgresql.service
+```
+
+If not, start it with:
+```sh
+sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
+```
+
+If you want it to start on boot, you can enable it with:
+```sh
+sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
+```
+
+To stop it from starting on boot, replace enable with disable.
+
 Initially the postgres database user will not have a password to allow access. To access the database run the following:
 ```sh
 sudo -u postgres psql