From: Holger Jakobs <holger@jakobs.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: initdb fails with error
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:08:05 +0200
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<4f8e4c39-38cf-eda4-fc27-193ada3312f3@gmail.com>
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@gmail.com>:
>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?
>
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