# Failed to Bootstrap with "postgres already running"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-with-postgres-already-running/118225>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 20, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-with-postgres-already-running/118225 "2019-05-20T15:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-with-postgres-already-running/118225/5 "2019-05-21T05:49:55Z")

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Suspect they do the same thing under the hood (switching run levels) but don’t quote me on it!

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