Adrian, thanks for your reply!
PostgreSQL 9.4.21 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (Ubuntu 9.4.21-1.pgdg16.04+1), compiled by gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.11) 5.4.0 20160609, 64-bit This is what Ive found in logs prior to the restart: 2019-05-07 00:08:26.771 UTC,,,8677,"10.200.193.58:49428",5cd0cc7a.21e5,1,"",2019-05-07 00:08:26 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"connection received: host=10.200.193.58 port=49428",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:26.772 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_us_stg",8677,"10.200.193.58:49428",5cd0cc7a.21e5,2,"authentication",2019-05-07 00:08:26 UTC,448/970,0,LOG,00000,"connection authorized: user=hitwise database=hitwise_us_stg",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:26.772 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_us_stg",8677,"10.200.193.58:49428",5cd0cc7a.21e5,3,"startup",2019-05-07 00:08:26 UTC,448/970,0,FATAL,53300,"remaining connection slots are reserved for non-replication superuser connections",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:26.778 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_us_stg",8675,"10.200.193.58:49424",5cd0cc7a.21e3,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:08:26 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"disconnection: session time: 0:00:00.021 user=hitwise database=hitwise_us_stg host=10.200.193.58 port=49424",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:26.779 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_us_stg",8676,"10.200.193.58:49426",5cd0cc7a.21e4,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:08:26 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"disconnection: session time: 0:00:00.018 user=hitwise database=hitwise_us_stg host=10.200.193.58 port=49426",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,,,4117,,5cbfb2c9.1015,5,,2019-04-24 00:50:17 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"received fast shutdown request",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,,,4117,,5cbfb2c9.1015,6,,2019-04-24 00:50:17 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"aborting any active transactions",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_uk_stg",8558,"10.200.193.58:49246",5cd0cc20.216e,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:06:56 UTC,54/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_uk_stg",8559,"10.200.193.58:49248",5cd0cc20.216f,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:06:56 UTC,56/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_uk_stg",8561,"10.200.193.58:49252",5cd0cc20.2171,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:06:56 UTC,429/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_au_stg",8578,"10.200.250.49:31100",5cd0cc33.2182,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:07:15 UTC,19/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_us_stg",8626,"10.200.250.49:31332",5cd0cc61.21b2,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:08:01 UTC,3/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_uk_stg",8560,"10.200.193.58:49250",5cd0cc20.2170,6,"idle",2019-05-07 00:06:56 UTC,227/0,0,FATAL,57P01,"terminating connection due to administrator command",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_uk_stg",8558,"10.200.193.58:49246",5cd0cc20.216e,7,"idle",2019-05-07 00:06:56 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"disconnection: session time: 0:01:31.339 user=hitwise database=hitwise_uk_stg host=10.200.193.58 port=49246",,,,,,,,,"" 2019-05-07 00:08:28.060 UTC,"hitwise","hitwise_au_stg",8578,"10.200.250.49:31100",5cd0cc33.2182,7,"idle",2019-05-07 00:07:15 UTC,,0,LOG,00000,"disconnection: session time: 0:01:12.215 user=hitwise database=hitwise_au_stg host=10.200.250.49 port=31100",,,,,,,,,"" Does it help? ________________________________ From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 12:07 PM To: Julie Nishimura Cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; pgsql-general Subject: Re: postgresql 9.4 restart On 5/8/19 11:00 AM, Julie Nishimura wrote: > Hello, > Our staging 9.4 postgresql has been running couple of weeks with no > problem, but yesterday we saw this error from one of our services that > connects to the staging DBs: > > FATAL: terminating connection due to > administrator command; nested exception is > org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: terminating connection due to > administrator command”, Distro and version? Well it originated in Java code if that helps? Anything in the Postgres logs just prior to 'FATAL: terminating connection ...' that might be relevant? Do the system logs showing anything relevant e.g. the OOM killer stopping Postgres? > > Then I could see that postgresql got restarted, based on the output of > "select pg_postmaster_start_time()" > > We are running postgresql on > Linux xxx-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > How I can find out what cause the restart? Any ideas are welcome. Thanks! > > -Julie N > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@aklaver.com