Socket File “/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432” Missing In Mountain Lion (OS X Server)

Question

I just upgraded my MacMini Server from Lion Server to Mountain Lion using OS X Server. I am having the same problem with PostgreSQL that I did last year when I first instal

Answer 1

Open 'postgresql.conf' in you favourite editor. Look for the variable 'unix_socket_directories', it will most likely look like this:

unix_socket_directories = '/private/tmp/'

Change the line to this:

unix_socket_directories = '/var/pgsql_socket/'

Note if you want the socket files in more than one directory comma separate them.