Iam getting following error when i tried run ./launcher rebuild app FAILED Pups::ExecError: su postgres -c ‘psql discourse -c “alter schema public owner to discourse;”’ failed with return # Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/pups-1.1.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:117:in `spawn’ exec failed with the params “su postgres -c ‘psql $db_name -c "alter schema public owner to $db_user;"’” bootstrap failed with exit code 2 ** FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP ** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one. ./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem. 4079c40b96373f2f33049a30414bc383acf909fc3863bdb52a1a678a9f0cc9f7

can you post that plugin link? not familar eith that one iff hand. better if it has a link here in discourse as well.

discourse git clone GitHub - jannolii/discourse-topic-trade-buttons · GitHub

I removed plugin and after that try to rebuild it, but after removing the plugin iam getting this error, before its working fine.

I, [2023-02-11T18:58:30.949060 #1] INFO – : > sleep 5 2023-02-11 18:58:30.959 UTC [42] FATAL: data directory “/shared/postgres_data” has invalid permissions 2023-02-11 18:58:30.959 UTC [42] DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700) or u=rwx,g=rx (0750). I, [2023-02-11T18:58:35.952167 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T18:58:35.952437 #1] INFO – : > su postgres -c ‘createdb discourse’ || true createdb: error: could not connect to database template1: connection to server on socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432” failed: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? I, [2023-02-11T18:58:35.994953 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T18:58:35.995243 #1] INFO – : > su postgres -c ‘psql discourse -c “create user discourse;”’ || true psql: error: connection to server on socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432” failed: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.036721 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.037043 #1] INFO – : > su postgres -c ‘psql discourse -c “grant all privileges on database discourse to discourse;”’ || true psql: error: connection to server on socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432” failed: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.078384 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.078703 #1] INFO – : > su postgres -c ‘psql discourse -c “alter schema public owner to discourse;”’ psql: error: connection to server on socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432” failed: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.120285 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T18:58:36.120682 #1] INFO – : Terminating async processes FAILED Pups::ExecError: su postgres -c ‘psql discourse -c “alter schema public owner to discourse;”’ failed with return # Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/pups-1.1.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:117:in `spawn’ exec failed with the params “su postgres -c ‘psql $db_name -c "alter schema public owner to $db_user;"’” bootstrap failed with exit code 2 ** FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP ** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one. ./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem. 4c2225e9c667f9fc2b7b4f9bd26c03f243e877b123be1d41a3c57bf90c049595

I am nnot fully sure of the procedure but you might be able to load the site in safe mode. @JammyDodger can you link the procedure for safe mode?

[image] Dan DeMontmorency: can you link the procedure for safe mode? As you can see, “safe mode” is automatically converted into a link to the safe mode tutorial :slight_smile:

Awesome thank you. my spologies. canapin do you see something that might be causing this issue? at a guess maybe a formatting usdye in app.yml?

excerpt from safe mode topic. [image]Using Safe Mode to troubleshoot issues with themes and plugins Discourse has a “JavaScript Safe Mode” any user can use to isolate the root cause of a JavaScript issue caused by plugins, themes or theme components. To access safe mode go to: http://your-site-name/safe-mode for example this is the safe mode for meta

2023-02-11 19:20:40.842 UTC [42] FATAL: data directory “/shared/postgres_data” has invalid permissions 2023-02-11 19:20:40.842 UTC [42] DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700) or u=rwx,g=rx (0750). I, [2023-02-11T19:20:45.834611 #1] INFO – : I, [2023-02-11T19:20:45.834887 #1] INFO – : > su postgres -c ‘createdb discourse’ || true createdb: error: could not connect to database template1: connection to server on socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432” failed: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?

Pups::ExecError: su postgres -c 'psql discourse -c "alter schema public owner to discourse;"' failed with return

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Ratnam_Raju_Varsala (Ratnam Raju Varsala) February 11, 2023, 7:19pm 10

Have you seen my log file?

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Pups::ExecError: su postgres -c 'psql discourse -c "alter schema public owner to discourse;"' failed with return

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