Is the server running on host “localhost” (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Question

Before anything, please note that I have found several similar questions on Stack Overflow and articles all over the web, but none of those helped me fix my issue:

Answer 1

I have faced the same issue and I was unable to start the postgresql server and was unable to access my db even after giving password, and I have been doing all the possible ways.

This solution worked for me,

For the Ubuntu users: Through command line, type the following commands:

1.service --status-all (which gives list of all services and their status. where "+" refers to running and "-" refers that the service is no longer running)

check for postgresql status, if its "-" then type the following command

2.systemctl start postgresql (starts the server again)

refresh the postgresql page in browser, and it works

For the Windows users:

Search for services, where we can see list of services and the right click on postgresql, click on start and server works perfectly fine.

Answer 2

Step 1:

cd /etc/postgresql/12/main/

open file named postgresql.conf

sudo nano postgresql.conf

add this line to that file

listen_addresses = '*'

then open file named pg_hba.conf

sudo nano pg_hba.conf

and add this line to that file

host  all  all 0.0.0.0/0 md5

It allows access to all databases for all users with an encrypted password

restart your server

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

Answer 3

Most likely it's because your system shutdown unexpectedly

Try

postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres

You might see

FATAL:  lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
HINT:  Is another postmaster (PID 449) running in data directory "/usr/local/var/postgres"?

Then try

kill -9 PID

example

kill -9 419

And it should start postgres normally

Answer 4

This worked for me: run

sudo lsof -i :<port_number>

after that it will display the PID which is currently attached to the process.

After that run sudo kill -9 <PID>

if that doesn't work, try the solution offered by user8376606 it would definitely work!

Answer 5

In my case

1. I have changed the port in postgresql.conf file
2. and restart postgresql services in

Run => service.msc => Restart

3. now retry