Debraj Manna wrote: > On trying to install postgres on Ubuntu 14 I am seeing postgres is shutting down. I am seeing the below errors in logs > > 2017-12-16 02:41:40.657 PST [19043] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1", port 5432 > 2017-12-16 02:41:40.660 PST [19043] LOG: listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" > 2017-12-16 02:41:40.675 PST [19044] LOG: database system was shut down at 2017-12-16 02:41:39 PST > 2017-12-16 02:41:40.681 PST [19043] LOG: database system is ready to accept connections > 2017-12-16 02:41:41.246 PST [19051] [unknown]@[unknown] LOG: incomplete startup packet > 2017-12-16 02:41:45.631 PST [19043] LOG: received fast shutdown request > 2017-12-16 02:41:45.637 PST [19043] LOG: aborting any active transactions > 2017-12-16 02:41:45.639 PST [19043] LOG: worker process: logical replication launcher (PID 19050) exited with exit code 1 > 2017-12-16 02:41:45.639 PST [19045] LOG: shutting down > 2017-12-16 02:41:45.664 PST [19043] LOG: database system is shut down > > Can some one let me know what could be going wrong? The database server is shutting down because somebody tells it to do that by sending it a SIGINT signal. That could be a user or a script running "pg_ctl stop". You'll have to investigate who does that. If it always happens soon after startup, perhaps the startup script is at fault. Yours, Laurenz Albe