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I have installed pgAdmin4 and it was working fine until I tried to install the newer version (I upgraded from v2.0 to v2.1). Since then I just keep getting the same output.
Open terminal and run this command
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log restart
Then start pgAdmin4, this should fix the issue.
After restarting my MacBook Pro I am unable to start the database server:
could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
I checked the logs and the following line appears over and over again:
FATAL: database files are incompatible with server
DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.2, which is not compatible with this version 9.0.4.
9.0.4 was the version that came preinstalled on the mac, 9.2[.4] is the version I installed via Homebrew.
As mentioned, this used to work before the restart, so it can't actually be a compiling issue. I also re-ran initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8 and the file still exists.
If you recently upgraded postgres to latest version, you can run the below command to upgrade your postgres data directory retaining all data:
brew postgresql-upgrade-database
The above command is taken from the output of brew info postgres
Note: this won't work for upgrading from 14 to 15 as of recent testing.
If you are looking for the nuclear option (delete all data and get a fresh database), you can do:
rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres && initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
and then you'll need to rake db:setup and rake db:migrate from your Rails app to get setup again.
Try this :
https://gist.github.com/joho/3735740
It worked perfectly for me.
In the end it also generates you 2 bash scripts to check your DB and remove the old cluster.
Really Awesome.
see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/pgupgrade.html to understand more.
Found on internet, this solution work fine for me.
When I tried to start postgresql server after upgrade to OS X 10.10 Yosemite, I encountered with a next problem:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
Okay, lets take a look into server logs:
cat /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log
FATAL: database files are incompatible with server
DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.2, which is not compatible with this version 9.3.5.
So, we need to follow a few steps after upgrade postgresql:
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
mv /usr/local/var/postgres /usr/local/var/postgres92
brew update
brew upgrade postgresql
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
pg_upgrade -b /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.2.3/bin -B /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.3.5_1/bin -d /usr/local/var/postgres92 -D /usr/local/var/postgres
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.3.5_1/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres92
That's it.
If you want to keep the previous version of postgres, use brew switch:
$ brew info postgresql
postgresql: stable 10.5 (bottled), HEAD
Object-relational database system
https://www.postgresql.org/
Conflicts with:
postgres-xc (because postgresql and postgres-xc install the same binaries.)
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.6.3 (3,259 files, 36.6MB)
Poured from bottle on 2017-07-09 at 22:15:41
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/10.5 (1,705 files, 20.8MB) *
Poured from bottle on 2018-11-04 at 15:13:13
$ brew switch postgresql 9.6.3
$ brew services stop postgresql
$ brew services start postgresql
Otherwise, consider this brew command to migrate existing data: brew postgresql-upgrade-database. Check out the source code.
As #Gowtham mentioned, you can solve this problem by executing a brew command
brew postgresql-upgrade-database
The above command is taken from the output of brew info postgres
However, don't forget to stop the postgres service before executing it, use the following command:
`brew services stop postgresql
you may have to start the service again.
So the final order of commands are:
brew services stop postgresql
brew postgresql-upgrade-database
brew services start postgresql
Similar to these answers (1, 2), my Postgres database files were incompatible to my Postgres version after upgrading to postgresql 13.3.
Unfortunately, upgrading my Postgres data directory failed.
$ brew postgresql-upgrade-database
...
Setting next OID for new cluster
*failure*
Consult the last few lines of "pg_upgrade_utility.log" for
the probable cause of the failure.
Failure, exiting
Error: Upgrading postgresql data from 12 to 13 failed!
==> Removing empty postgresql initdb database...
==> Moving postgresql data back from /usr/local/var/postgres.old to /usr/local/var/postgres...
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/local/opt/postgresql/bin/pg_upgrade -r -b /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#12/12.7/bin -B /usr/local/opt/postgresql/bin -d /usr/local/var/postgres.old -D /usr/local/var/postgres -j 8` exited with 1.
My workaround for this was to reinstall postgresql 12.7.
$ brew reinstall postgresql#12
$ brew services start postgresql#12
This can also occur when running a new Postgres in Docker, and your old volume isn't updated.
If you don't need to keep your data easiest is to clear the old volumes in the docker folder, in Linux that's here:
/var/lib/docker/volumes
It happened for me when I was trying to start Postgres12 with postgres11 mounted volume. Just deleting the mounted volume for postgres11 and restart worked for me.
Previously I was using:
docker run -d --name my_database -v /Users/champ/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data -p 54320:5432 postgres:11
I deleted /Users/champ/postgres and restarted postgres 12, using
docker run -d --name my_database -v /Users/champ/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data -p 54320:5432 postgres:12
brew info postgres will give you hints Like To migrate existing data from a previous major version of PostgreSQL run:
So in my case removing the old one rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres.old and upgrading the DB brew postgresql-upgrade-database
A stale postmaster.pid file caused this for me.
Simply navigate to your postgres directory /Users/st/Library/Application Support/Postgres/, for me, that's:
cd '/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Postgres/var-10'
Then delete the file postmaster.pid. Restart postgres and it will work.
To me works with this command:
brew install --build-from-source postgresql#12
Then started Postgres:
brew services start postgresql#12
You can also check the port 5432 is listen:
netstat -nl |grep 5432
I'm using http://postgresapp.com. In the menubar it gives the error " Could not start on port 5432." Similarly if I try to start the server from the terminal, I get:
psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
I also ran pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
and got the output server starting but still get the same errors when connecting to psql.
If you are running your server on a macOS machine and installed Postgres through Homebrew, you can stop the current instance like this:
brew services stop postgresql
Then click the Elephant in the native menu-bar at the top of the screen and it should successfully startup.
You can stop the process by finding the PID with
lsof -i :5432
and then killing it with
kill -9 <PID>
If you've installed Postgres via another method (for example, from www.postgresql.org) and it's starting automatically at startup, you can prevent that Postgres from starting via the following:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.edb.launchd.postgresql-X.X.plist
sudo rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.edb.launchd.postgresql-X.X.plist
TIP: use tab to autocomplete after the com.edb.launchd part to figure out what version is loading.
Restart Postgres.app and you should be good to go.
(from http://forums.enterprisedb.com/posts/list/1831.page;jsessionid=70621DC48C99EDE663A6A594B05F1A02#6782)
I was just having this exact issue. When I ran which psql it was pointing at the Postgres client tools installed with Lion:
/usr/bin/psql
Using a hint from Frank Wiles I ran ps auxw | grep post to confirm that postgres was running and that it was running on the right port, that also showed me the postgres.app path:
/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/postgres.
So I edited by .bash_profile to export that directory. On first effort I added it to the end of the path. When I ran echo $PATH I could see that usr/bin was the first thing in the path, and which psql still gave the /usr/bin path. At that point a friend guided me in the right direction:
export PATH="/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:${PATH}"
Start a new terminal window, then run which psql -- it should point to the postgres.app location and psql should fire up the postgres shell. Works fine now.
I have tried just about every solution to this problem that is out there. For me it always happens when my MacBook's battery dies, even if the computer is already sleeping. I was poking around in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Postgres/var-9.4 and I discovered another postmaster.pid file that I had not seen before. I deleted it, and now everything is back up and running! I am running the Postgres.app version, not the brew version.
Steps I took:
Make sure postgres.app is not running.
Run rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Postgres/var-9.$X/postmaster.pid
If you don't have a var-9.$X directory, just run rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Postgres/postmaster.pid
Restart postgres.app
Get back to developing cool stuff.
This command is a one-liner that instantly kills all PostgresSQL processes.
sudo kill -kill $(sudo lsof -t -i :5432)
This fixed all my problems on Mac OSX Mojave 10.14.1.
You my have another instance of postgres running, that is the only application interested in this port. You should use netstat and ps to determine this. Then stop the instance and uninstall it, you mayhave installed enterpiseDb for example, that is what I did.
I generally face this issue on my mac, and this fixes it for me always
rm /usr/local/var/postgres/postmaster.pid
brew services restart postgresql
Hope this is helpful
I had a similar problem where I could not connect to the Postgres.app even though the app itself said that it is running on port 5432.
I am not sure why, but even when I quit the app and checked that no postgres processes was running with ps -a. these files existed:
/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
and
/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock
My solution was to delete these files and then start the postgres.app again.
This is what worked for me:
$ sudo pkill -u postgres
Props to this resource:
https://github.com/PostgresApp/PostgresApp/issues/197#issuecomment-474534056
It can also happen that the PID is taken.
This ocurred to me when the Computer suffered an unexpected reboot.
If so, you must go to:
˜/Library/Application Support/Postgres/var-9.4
You can check that path in Postgres.app Preferences dialog.
And then, just remove the pid file
sudo rm postmaster.pid
And the server starts up right away.
When trying to open the Postgres app was getting that same error regarding post 5432 (on Mac OSX 10.10.5)
I did:
$ lsof -i | grep LISTEN
Saw which PID was running postgres at that port, did:
$ killall {pid} and then $ brew uninstall postgres
After that, restarted my Mac, and ran:
$ lsof -i | grep LISTEN again just to make sure. Saw no postgres running anywhere and was able to open the Postgres app without getting that warning.
Then I reinstalled postgres with $ brew install postgres
ANOTHER OPTION:
(I also tried this one time when the above approach didn't work and I could not kill any of the PID)
$ ps auxw | grep post
Saw a slew postgres processes, which I then sudo kill <PID>
Everything working fine now.
For those using mac, this code worked for me like charm.
sudo pkill -u postgres
At a guess, something else had taken port 5432 so the app chose to run on 5433 instead.
Why not just connect to Pg on port 5433, if that's where it's running? You have a /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 socket file, so you can connect with psql -p 5433 for UNIX domain socket connections. It'll also be listening on the same port with TCP/IP, so you can use psql -h localhost -p 5433 for TCP/IP and have your apps connect to port 5433 instead of 5432.
Change your .psqlrc to set the new port as default and you can forget it isn't on the default port.
I had similar problem when trying to use postgresql with rails. Updating my Gemfile to use new version of gem pg solve this problem for me. (gem pg version 0.16.0 works). In the Gemfile use:
gem 'pg', '0.16.0'
then run the following to update the gem
bundle install --without production
bundle update
bundle install
Mine failed to start up suddenly, and when I checked Console.app I saw:
com.heroku.postgres-service:
FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Cannot allocate memory
DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=5432001, size=3874816, 03600).
HINT: This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a shared memory segment exceeded available memory or swap space, or exceeded your kernel's SHMALL parameter. You can either reduce the request size or reconfigure the kernel with larger SHMALL. To reduce the request size (currently 3874816 bytes), reduce PostgreSQL's shared memory usage, perhaps by reducing shared_buffers or max_connections.
The PostgreSQL documentation contains more information about shared memory configuration.
It turns out Postgres wouldn't start up because I had Wireshark (and X11) running. It worked fine after I quit Wireshark.
Good luck!
I resolved this problem by
Identifying what was running on port 5432 by using "netstat" in the CL, which was postgreSQL not Postgres
I located the directory that contained postgreSQL, which was root/Library/PostgreSQL
I ensured an instants of the application wasn't running via Activity Monitor
Then I deleted the folder and rebooted! Everything was fine!
Somehow I totally forgot that this socket file will be hidden because of the dot. Make sure you use ls -A /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 if you are checking to see if the socket is actually there.
You most likely has a PostgreSQL installed, deleted it and installed it again. PostgreSQL typically used port 5432 but if not available, increases to the next available one, in this case 5433. So, you probably chose this port on your second install.
I think you should check file:
/etc/services
and adjust rows below for your expected port number:
postgresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database
postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database
After this you should restart your computer (simplest way).
I had the same issues:
psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
In my case it was a corrupt host file on my mac. I was missing:
127.0.0.1 localhost
A quick easy way to check is to open terminal and type:
ping localhost
or:
scutil -r localhost
More info here
Hope it helps.
Netstat, ps aux, etc ... none showed 5432 in use. Checked /Library. Found PG9.6 old install still there. Did rm -rf and bang. Version 11 works fine.
I was losing my mind over this problem! i kept running
lsof -i | grep 5432
and nothing was showing up!
finally i ran it using sudo and a potgres client showed up.
so if anyone else has tried the lsof and went nowhere, try it with sudo.
sudo lsof -i | grep 5432
and then
sudo kill <the_pid_from_postgresql_found_from_lsof>
The same problem just happened to me. I had Postgres.app 9.2.4.1 running since a while. When I updated Mac OS X to 10.8.5, after the mandatory reboot it was not working anymore. I tried several things, including updating to 9.2.4.3 and neither after another reboot it was working.
I had to open the file /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Postgres/var/postgresql.conf and to:
uncomment line unix_socket_permissions = 0777
uncomment and adapt line unix_socket_directory = '/tmp'
After a restart, Postgres.app was running like a charm.
A file named "postmaster.pid" (in my $PGDATA directory) were preventing postgresql to start. It was a zombie file, placed there 10 days ago and when I brutally shut down the computer (pulling the plug, literally), no clean up process had the opportunity to remove that file.
beside all the helpful answers, you might also want to take a look at official page instructions :
postgressapp.com/documentation/remove.html
I had this same issue and mine was caused by some configuration issues I was having. Clearing the user configurations and reinstalling postgres in brew worked for me!
brew uninstall postgresql
rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
I ran the following:
psql --version then brew services stop postgresql#<VERSION>
finally, start your Postgres app on your Mac.
Final update:
I had forgotten to run the initdb command.
By running this command
ps auxwww | grep postgres
I see that postgres is not running
> ps auxwww | grep postgres
remcat 1789 0.0 0.0 2434892 480 s000 R+ 11:28PM 0:00.00 grep postgres
This raises the question:
How do I start the PostgreSQL server?
Update:
> pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
server starting
sh: /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log: No such file or directory
Update 2:
The touch was not successful, so I did this instead:
> mkdir /usr/local/var/postgres
> vi /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log
> ls /usr/local/var/postgres/
server.log
But when I try to start the Ruby on Rails server, I still see this:
Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
Update 3:
> pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres status
pg_ctl: no server running
Update 4:
I found that there wasn't any pg_hba.conf file (only file pg_hba.conf.sample), so I modified the sample and renamed it (to remover the .sample). Here are the contents:
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
But I don't understand this:
> pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
server starting
> pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres status
pg_ctl: no server running
Also:
sudo find / -name postgresql.conf
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
Update 5:
sudo pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
Password:
pg_ctl: cannot be run as root
Please log in (using, e.g., "su") as the (unprivileged) user that will own the server process.
Update 6:
This seems odd:
> egrep 'listen|port' /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf
egrep: /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf: No such file or directory
Though, I did do this:
>sudo find / -name "*postgresql.conf*"
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.4/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
/usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
So I did this:
egrep 'listen|port' /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.4/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
#listen_addresses = 'localhost' # what IP address(es) to listen on;
#port = 5432 # (change requires restart)
# supported by the operating system:
# %r = remote host and port
So I tried this:
> cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.4/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.4/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf
> cp /usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample /usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf
I am still getting the same "Is the server running?" message.
The Homebrew package manager includes launchctl plists to start automatically. For more information, run brew info postgres.
Start manually
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start
Stop manually
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop
Start automatically
"To have launchd start postgresql now and restart at login:"
brew services start postgresql
What is the result of pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start?
What is the result of pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres status?
Are there any error messages in the server.log?
Make sure tcp localhost connections are enabled in pg_hba.conf:
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
Check the listen_addresses and port in postgresql.conf:
egrep 'listen|port' /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf
#listen_addresses = 'localhost' # What IP address(es) to listen on;
#port = 5432 # (change requires restart)
Cleaning up
PostgreSQL was most likely installed via Homebrew, Fink, MacPorts or the EnterpriseDB installer.
Check the output of the following commands to determine which package manager it was installed with:
brew && brew list|grep postgres
fink && fink list|grep postgres
port && port installed|grep postgres
If you want to manually start and stop PostgreSQL (installed via Homebrew), the easiest way is:
brew services start postgresql
and
brew services stop postgresql
If you have a specific version, make sure to suffix the version. For example:
brew services start postgresql#10
I had almost the exact same issue, and you cited the initdb command as being the fix. This was also the solution for me, but I didn't see that anyone posted it here, so for those who are looking for it:
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
If your computer was abruptly restarted
You may want to start PG server but it was not.
First, you have to delete the file /usr/local/var/postgres/postmaster.pid Then you can restart the service using one of the many other mentioned methods depending on your install.
You can verify this by looking at the logs of Postgres to see what might be going on: tail -f /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log
For specific version:-
tail -f /usr/local/var/postgres#[VERSION_NUM]/server.log
Eg:
tail -f /usr/local/var/postgres#11/server.log
Another approach is using the lunchy gem (a wrapper for launchctl):
brew install postgresql
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
gem install lunchy
To start PostgreSQL:
lunchy start postgres
To stop PostgreSQL:
lunchy stop postgres
For further information, refer to: "How to Install PostgreSQL on a Mac With Homebrew and Lunchy"
Here my two cents: I made an alias for postgres pg_ctl and put it in file .bash_profile (my PostgreSQL version is 9.2.4, and the database path is /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/data).
alias postgres.server="sudo -u postgres pg_ctl -D /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/data"
Launch a new terminal.
And then? You can start/stop your PostgreSQL server with this:
postgres.server start
postgres.server stop
The cleanest way by far to start/stop/restart PostgreSQL if you have installed it through brew is to simply unload and/or load the launchd configuration file that comes with the installation:
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
The first line will stop PostgreSQL and the second line will start it. There isn't any need to specify any data directories, etc. since everything is in that file.
To start the PostgreSQL server:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
To end the PostgreSQL server:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast
You can also create an alias via CLI to make it easier:
alias pg-start='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start'
alias pg-stop='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast'
With these you can just type "pg-start" to start PostgreSQL and "pg-stop" to shut it down.
For test purposes, I think PostgreSQL App is the best option!
Run an app, and the server is up and running.
Close the app, and the server goes down.
http://postgresapp.com/
If you have installed using Homebrew, the below command should be enough.
brew services restart postgresql
This sometimes might not work. In that case, the below two commands should definitely work:
rm /usr/local/var/postgres/postmaster.pid
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start
# Remove old database files (if there was any)
$ rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
# Install the binary
$ brew install postgresql
# init it
$ initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
# Start the PostgreSQL server
$ postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
# Create your database
$ createdb mydb
# Access the database
$ psql mydb
psql (9.0.1)
Type "help" for help.
Sometimes it's just the version which you are missing, and you are scratching your head unnecessarily.
If you are using a specific version of PostgreSQL, for example, PostgreSQL 10, then simply do
brew services start postgresql#10
brew services stop postgresql#10
The normal brew services start postgresql won't work without a version if you have installed it for a specific version from Homebrew.
When you install PostgreSQL using Homebrew,
brew install postgres
at the end of the output, you will see this methods to start the server:
To have launchd start postgresql at login:
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/postgresql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load postgresql now:
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
I think this is the best way.
You can add an alias into your .profile file for convenience.
I had the same problem and performed all updates from the first post. But after checking the log file,
/usr/local/var/postgres/server.log
I see the true cause:
FATAL: data directory "/usr/local/var/postgres" has group or world access
DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).
After changing permissions on this directory,
chmod 0700 /usr/local/var/postgres
the PostgreSQL server started.
Check the log file every time.
For a quick disposable test database, you can run the server in the foreground.
Initialize a new PostgreSQL database in a new directory:
mkdir db
initdb db -E utf8
createdb public
Start the server in the foreground (Ctrl + C to stop the server):
postgres -d db
In another shell session, connect to the server
psql -d public
If you didn't install it with Homebrew and directly from the Mac package, this worked for me for PostgreSQL 12 when using all the default locations, variables, etc.
$ sudo su postgres
bash-3.2$ /Library/PostgreSQL/12/bin/pg_ctl -D /Library/PostgreSQL/12/data/ stop
Variation on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13103603/2394728
initdb `brew --prefix`/var/postgres/data -E utf8`` && pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres/data -l logfile start
PostgreSQL is integrated in Server.app available through the App Store in Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion). That means that it is already configured, and you only need to launch it, and then create users and databases.
Tip: Do not start with defining $PGDATA and so on. Take file locations as is.
You would have this file:
/Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Config/org.postgresql.postgres.plist
To start:
sudo serveradmin start postgres
Process started with arguments:
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/postgres_real -D /Library/Server/PostgreSQL/Data -c listen_addresses=127.0.0.1,::1 -c log_connections=on -c log_directory=/Library/Logs/PostgreSQL -c log_filename=PostgreSQL.log -c log_line_prefix=%t -c log_lock_waits=on -c log_statement=ddl -c logging_collector=on -c unix_socket_directory=/private/var/pgsql_socket -c unix_socket_group=_postgres -c unix_socket_permissions=0770
You can sudo:
sudo -u _postgres psql template1
Or connect:
psql -h localhost -U _postgres postgres
You can find the data directory, version, running status and so forth with
sudo serveradmin fullstatus postgres
For development purposes, one of the simplest ways is to install Postgres.app from the official site. It can be started/stopped from Applications folder or using the following commands in terminal:
# Start
open -a Postgres
# Stop
killall Postgres
killall postgres
This worked for me (macOS v10.13 (High Sierra)):
sudo -u postgres /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/bin/pg_ctl start -D /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
Or first
cd /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/bin/
If you installed PostgreSQL using the EnterpriseDB installer, then what Kenial suggested is the way to go:
sudo -u postgres pg_ctl -D /Library/PostgreSQL/{version}/data start
sudo -u postgres pg_ctl -D /Library/PostgreSQL/{version}/data stop
Homebrew is the way!!
To start the service:
brew services start postgresql
To list it:
brew services list | grep postgres
To stop the service:
brew services stop postgresql
If you didn't install the Postgres server with Homebrew or installed using .dmg file, try this:
$ sudo su postgres
bash-3.2$ /Library/PostgreSQL/13/bin/pg_ctl -D /Library/PostgreSQL/13/data/ stop
For MacPorts, just use the load/unload command and the port name of the running server:
sudo port load postgresql96-server
- or -
sudo port unload postgresql96-server
so you don't have to remember where the /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql96.plist file is located.
having installed Postgres with homebrew that is what I do to start postgres and keep it in foreground to see the logs:
/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql/bin/postgres -D /opt/homebrew/var/postgres
install postgresql using brew: brew install postgresql, you can specify the version using "#" sign: brew install postgresql#14
start postgresql: brew services start postgresql or specific version brew services start postgresql#14
stop postgresql: brew services stop postgresql
$ brew upgrade postgres
fixed it for me.
That, of course, will upgrade your PostgreSQL version and update/install any dependencies.
Warning: Do this knowing that your PostgreSQL version will likely change. For me, that wasn't a big deal.
None of the previous answers fixed the issue for me, despite getting the same error messages.
I was able to get my instance back up and running by deleting the existing postmaster.pid file which was locked and was not allowing connections.
This worked for me every time, inspired by Craig Ringer:
brew install proctools
sudo pkill -u postgres
proctools includes pkill. If you don't have Homebrew: https://brew.sh/
After doing brew services restart postgresql.
It works best to:
brew services stop postgresql
brew postgresql-upgrade-database
brew services start postgresql
Then type: psql
it now runs this was after the error:
psql: error: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
The upgrade may be optional depending on the other dependencies your running.
Which means that rather than Restart using brew for in on mac os, Stop completely postgres and then start postgres and connect to your psql databaseName.
Hope this was useful.
I have memcached installed via homebrew.
how do I start/stop the server?
Any command-line tools to interact with memcached?
does homebrew have a way of removing a package?
When you installed it, it put a file named homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist in /usr/local/Cellar/memcached/$version/; you copy that file into ~/Library/LaunchAgents and then tell launchd to start it with launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist.
If you were watching the console carefully during the brew install command, it should have said something about doing these exact steps. If you run brew info it'll re-print this information, e.g. brew info memcached.
You should probably read https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage -- it has more useful documentation including the brew remove command which will remove the package if you decide you don't want it.
Brew used to have a command brew services (https://thoughtbot.com/blog/starting-and-stopping-background-services-with-homebrew), now deprecated. Instead, to get always-correct advice, run this command:
brew info memcached
Via telnet: telnet localhost 11211
See also What are some useful tips/tools for monitoring/tuning memcached health?
brew remove memcached
Additionally you can run "brew info", if you have forgotten about the instructions.
→ brew info memcached
memcached 1.4.7
http://memcached.org/
Depends on: libevent
/usr/local/Cellar/memcached/1.4.6 (8 files, 156K)
You can enable memcached to automatically load on login with:
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
cp /usr/local/Cellar/memcached/1.4.7/com.danga.memcached.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.danga.memcached.plist
Or start it manually:
/usr/local/bin/memcached
Add "-d" to start it as a daemon.
http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/memcached.rb
To restart:
If you have the memcached starting up with launchd and your plist file has
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
Then you can just kill the process and it will reboot automagically.
ps ux | grep memcached
pkill -f memcached
ps ux | grep memcached
To stop launchd from restarting automatically:
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist
To add memcached to launchd again:
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist
To uninstall something installed by homebrew:
brew uninstall memcached
And you can also create aliases
alias memcached-start="launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist"
alias memcached-stop="launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist"
alias memcached-restart="launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist;launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist"
and after that you cant easy start/stop/restart memcached
memcached-start
memcached-stop
memcached-restart
You can also use Lunchy to set the start/stop. Lunchy is a wrapper written over launchctl. I’ve written a detailed post about this.
$ gem install lunchy
$ mkdir ~/Library/LaunchAgents
$ cp /usr/local/Cellar/memcached/$version/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
To start memcached
$ lunchy start memcached
To stop memcahed
$ lunchy stop memcached
You can enable Memcached to automatically load on login.
This first line creates a symlink (symbolic link) from where Homebrew installed it to the LaunchAgents folder.
ln -sfv /usr/local/Cellar/memcached/1.4.17/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
Then to launch it now:
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist