Upgrading via web UI failed with this error: INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' discourse@discourse ERROR: permission denied to create extension "unaccent" discourse@discourse HINT: Must be superuser to create this extension. discourse@discourse STA…

How was this server installed? Have you made any changes to the Postgres configuration? If you’re still on Postgres 10 try adding this after the hooks: section in your app.yml: after_postgres: - exec: su postgres -c 'psql discourse -c "create extension if not exists unaccent;"'

Site down after failed update: permission denied to create extension "unaccent"

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Falco (Falco) July 8, 2022, 2:55pm 3

We moved away from PostgreSQL 10 back in 2020. I urge you to update as soon as possible.

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Site down after failed update: permission denied to create extension "unaccent"

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