Firewall may prevent a connection, but not starting is the server. The message clearly states that the setting of the port is wrong. Am 16. September 2021 16:43:04 MESZ schrieb Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@xxxxxxxxx>: >On 9/16/21 07:47, Nikhil Shetty wrote: > >> Hi Team, >> >> I find strange behaviour today when initializing the postgres cluster. >> >> Below is the ERROR : >> >> creating configuration files ... ok >> running bootstrap script ... 2021-09-16 11:42:47.944 GMT [24522] >> FATAL: invalid value for parameter "port": "" >> child process exited with exit code 1 >> initdb: removing data directory "/data/postgres/pg11/test" >> >> Any reason why this would be happening? >> >> Thanks, >> Nikhil > > >Do you have the local firewall running? > -- Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach +49 178 9759012 - sent from mobile, therefore short -