While Setting up Ambari Server, getting the error: "exit code:3 ambari server not running"

[#1]

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[#2 · Accepted solution]

Could you follow below process

1)# sudo service postgresql start

Starting postgresql service:[FAILED]

If failed

2))Moved the data directory to

[root@centos pgsql]# cd /var/lib/pgsql

[root@centos pgsql]# mv -f data/ data_bkp

[root@centos pgsql]# pwd

/var/lib/pgsql

3) Check how your postgresql address how its listening

$ grep listen /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf

if 'localhost' change to "*"

4) Start the postgresql database

# sudo service postgresql start ( It should be ok)

Then proceed with install ambari and setup the server.

[#3]

Hi Abhirup,

In order to solve this issue, please follow the below steps:-

1) Run your ambari-server setup in verbose and you will see where exactly this fails.

INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service postgresql status

Running initdb: This may take upto a minute.

INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service postgresql initdb

About to start PostgreSQL INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service postgresql status

ERROR: Exiting with exit code 3. REASON: Unable to start PostgreSQL server. Exiting Now,

If you manually try and run the below command, you will get the exact cause of the issue.

[root@robin-lab-1 ~]# /usr/bin/env service postgresql initdb Initializing database: mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log': File exists [FAILED]

Solution: Go inside /var/lib/pgsql/, backup and remove the data folder and re-run the ambari-server setup.

[#4]

This solution worked for me. Thanks!