So I went ahead and reinstalled Akismet and ran the rake task. My process was:
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
bundle exec rake akismet_uninstall:delete_reviewables
I received an error unfortunately, tried running it a few times:
rake aborted!
ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "discourse"
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:50:in `rescue in postgresql_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:33:in `postgresql_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:887:in `new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:931:in `checkout_new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:910:in `try_to_checkout_new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:871:in `acquire_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:593:in `checkout'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:437:in `connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:1119:in `retrieve_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:221:in `retrieve_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:189:in `connection'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/db_provider.rb:61:in `table_exists?'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/db_provider.rb:16:in `all'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/defaults_provider.rb:29:in `db_all'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:287:in `block in refresh!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:284:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:284:in `refresh!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:505:in `block in setup_methods'
/var/www/discourse/config/initializers/004-message_bus.rb:120:in `<main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:318:in `block in load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:318:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:666:in `block in load_config_initializer'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:182:in `instrument'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:665:in `load_config_initializer'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:625:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Engine>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:624:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:624:in `block in <class:Engine>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `instance_exec'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `run'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:in `block in run_initializers'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `tsort_each_child'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:60:in `run_initializers'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:363:in `initialize!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `method_missing'
/var/www/discourse/config/environment.rb:7:in `<main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `block in require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/loaded_features_index.rb:92:in `register'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:22:in `require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:31:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.3.0/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:23:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:324:in `block in require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:324:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:339:in `require_environment!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:523:in `block in run_tasks_blocks'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'
Caused by:
PG::ConnectionBad: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "discourse"
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/pg-1.2.3/lib/pg.rb:58:in `initialize'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/pg-1.2.3/lib/pg.rb:58:in `new'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/pg-1.2.3/lib/pg.rb:58:in `connect'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:46:in `postgresql_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:887:in `new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:931:in `checkout_new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:910:in `try_to_checkout_new_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:871:in `acquire_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:593:in `checkout'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:437:in `connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:1119:in `retrieve_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:221:in `retrieve_connection'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.3.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:189:in `connection'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/db_provider.rb:61:in `table_exists?'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/db_provider.rb:16:in `all'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_settings/defaults_provider.rb:29:in `db_all'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:287:in `block in refresh!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:284:in `synchronize'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:284:in `refresh!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/site_setting_extension.rb:505:in `block in setup_methods'
/var/www/discourse/config/initializers/004-message_bus.rb:120:in `<main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:318:in `block in load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:318:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:666:in `block in load_config_initializer'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:182:in `instrument'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:665:in `load_config_initializer'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:625:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Engine>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:624:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:624:in `block in <class:Engine>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `instance_exec'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `run'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:in `block in run_initializers'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `tsort_each_child'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:60:in `run_initializers'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:363:in `initialize!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `public_send'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `method_missing'
/var/www/discourse/config/environment.rb:7:in `<main>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `block in require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/loaded_features_index.rb:92:in `register'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:22:in `require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:31:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.3.0/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:23:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:324:in `block in require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:324:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:339:in `require_environment!'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.3.1/lib/rails/application.rb:523:in `block in run_tasks_blocks'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'
Tasks: TOP => akismet_uninstall:delete_reviewables => environment
(See full trace by running task with --trace)