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wait-postgres
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Small script to halt script execution until a Postgres DB is online
Small script to halt script execution until a Postgres DB is online
$ npm install --save wait-postgres
usage: wait [options]
default env variables:
DB_HOST database host (example: localhost)
DB_PORT database port
DB_USER database username
DB_PASSWORD database password
DB_NAME database name
options:
-h, --help show help and usage
-v, --version show version
-r, --retries number of times to retry (default: 60)
-d, --delay retry delay milliseconds (default: 1000)
-u, --user db username env var (default DB_USER)
-p, --pass db password env var (default DB_PASSWORD)
-n, --name db name env var (default DB_NAME)
-P, --port db port env var (default DB_PORT)
-H, --host db host env var (default DB_HOST)
MIT © Ryan Mottley
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Small script to halt script execution until a Postgres DB is online
We found that wait-postgres demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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