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unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

chahrimourad — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:14:20 GMT

Ambari Server running with administrator privileges. Running initdb: This may take upto a minute. About to start PostgreSQL ERROR: Exiting with exit code 3. REASON: Unable to start PostgreSQL server. Status stopped. . Exiting

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

aervits — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:29:25 GMT

did you setup Ambari with embedded postgres or standalone? If embedded, are you sure you have all of your prerequisites satisfied? Try starting the database server manually.

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

chahrimourad — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:35:43 GMT

yes all cluster was fine , today i try to start ambari-server then i have this error , i tried to

service postgresql start Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

ashneesharma88 — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:20:24 GMT

@ Mourad Chahri,

Did you changed anything in cluster?

Did you see anything in logs?

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

chahrimourad — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:14:27 GMT

yes :

Internal Exception: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

chahrimourad — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:41:27 GMT

@Artem Ervits

thate the error:

Internal Exception: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection 
refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the 
postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

chahrimourad — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:35:11 GMT

i found the solution i uninstall ambari-server without reset it and install it and it's work .

Re: unable to start ambari-server because postgresql failed to start

sasi_c07 — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:53:53 GMT

Hi @Mourad Chahri, having same issue. i downloaded hortonworks sandbox and trying to configure it. how to specifically reinstall ambari-server? any specific commands?