On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:21:23 +0000 Lasse Westh-Nielsen <lassewesth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I posted to stackoverflow about my problem upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to > Ubuntu 15.04: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33306475/ubuntu-15-04-postgresql-doesnt-start > > Tl;dr: postgresql service does not start properly when installed as a > package using cloud-init. > > And I can't figure out if I am doing something wrong, if the AMI is no > good, if the package has problems, ... I reckon I cannot be the first > person to use Postgres on Ubuntu Vivid, but I have been hammering my head > against the wall with this for hours. > > Any help greatly appreciated! I'm taking a shot in the dark here, but ... The symptoms you describe seem to suggest that the script is starting PostgreSQL asynchronously (i.e. in the background) which means that the CREATE command runs too quickly and the server isn't started yet. A quick way to _test_ this theory would be to put a sleep between the install and the CREATE commands and see if the problem goes away. If that does seem to be the problem, then a good _fix_ would be to find a way to foreground the startup of the server, or have some command that tests to ensure the server is started and blocks until it is before running the create command. The only point I'm unclear on is whether you've confirmed that Postgres actually _is_ started once the server is up (albiet without the CREATE statement having succeeded). -- Bill Moran -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
