# PostgreSQL 15 update **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-15-update/349515 **Category:** Announcements **Created:** [January 29, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-15-update/349515 "2025-01-29T07:20:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 58
### Author: ![xFocus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xfocus/32/463960_2.png) [@xFocus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xFocus) #### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-15-update/349515/58 "2025-02-02T00:36:18Z")
I got the same error, still failing for me now too I’ve tried - `./discourse-doctor`, but no luck - then I thought some ports being used, but netstats giving me no process using those ports, then I restart the instance to get a fresh start and rebuild app, but still no luck ```plaintext I, [2025-02-02T00:20:43.491510 #1] INFO -- : > if [-f /root/install_postgres]; then /root/install_postgres && rm -f /root/install_postgres elif [-e /shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432]; then socat /dev/null UNIX-CONNECT:/shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432 || exit 0 && echo postgres already running stop container ; exit 1 fi 2025/02/02 00:20:46 socat[33] E connect(, AF=1 "/shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432", 36): Connection refused I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.466110 #1] INFO -- : Generating locales (this might take a while)... en_US.UTF-8... done Generation complete. I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.467179 #1] INFO -- : > HOME=/var/lib/postgresql USER=postgres exec chpst -u postgres:postgres:ssl-cert -U postgres:postgres:ssl-cert /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/postmaster -D /etc/postgresql/15/main I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.480451 #1] INFO -- : File > /usr/local/bin/create_db chmod: +x chown: I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.497621 #1] INFO -- : File > /var/lib/postgresql/take-database-backup chmod: +x chown: postgres:postgres I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.504526 #1] INFO -- : File > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/postgres chmod: chown: I, [2025-02-02T00:20:46.505484 #1] INFO -- : > sleep 5 2025-02-02 00:20:46.647 UTC [35] FATAL: database files are incompatible with server 2025-02-02 00:20:46.647 UTC [35] DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 13, which is not compatible with this version 15.10 (Debian 15.10-1.pgdg120+1). I, [2025-02-02T00:20:51.511155 #1] INFO -- : I, [2025-02-02T00:20:51.511342 #1] INFO -- : > /usr/local/bin/create_db createdb: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? I, [2025-02-02T00:20:52.474702 #1] INFO -- : I, [2025-02-02T00:20:52.475371 #1] INFO -- : > echo postgres installed! I, [2025-02-02T00:20:52.478084 #1] INFO -- : postgres installed! ``` and ```plaintext I, [2025-02-02T00:05:22.648865 #1] INFO -- : > sleep 5 2025-02-02 00:05:22.792 UTC [35] FATAL: database files are incompatible with server 2025-02-02 00:05:22.792 UTC [35] DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 13, which is not compatible with this version 15.10 (Debian 15.10-1.pgdg120+1). I, [2025-02-02T00:05:27.657230 #1] INFO -- : I, [2025-02-02T00:05:27.657387 #1] INFO -- : > /usr/local/bin/create_db 481:M 02 Feb 2025 00:07:05.174 # Failed listening on port 6379 (TCP), aborting. I, [2025-02-02T00:13:38.491603 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' URGENT: Failed to initialize site default: ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? rake aborted! ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused (ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished) Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? Caused by: PG::ConnectionBad: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: Connection refused (PG::ConnectionBad) Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket? ``` --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-15-update/349515)._