start a systemd service blocked by rate limiting
If a systemd service unit is blocked by rate limiting (see in documentation Show archive.org snapshot ) you can reset the failcounter via:
systemctl reset-failed $UNIT
Afterwards you can try to start the service again:
systemctl start $UNIT
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Start/Stop/Restart PostgreSQL
pg_ctl -D $configdir start|stop|restart
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