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Nikhil Shetty <nikhil.dba04@gmail.com> writes:
> running bootstrap script ... 2021-09-16 11:42:47.944 GMT [24522] FATAL:
>  invalid value for parameter "port": ""

Perhaps you have an incorrect environment setting for PGPORT ?
I can duplicate that if I run initdb after
export PGPORT=""

			regards, tom lane