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Immich•3y ago
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When trying to start postgres I get the following error

when I try to start things up I get the following error: immich_postgres | immich_postgres | PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization immich_postgres | immich_postgres | 2023-02-27 16:19:55.564 UTC [1] FATAL: could not open directory "pg_notify": No such file or directory immich_postgres | 2023-02-27 16:19:55.572 UTC [1] LOG: database system is shut down my copose entry for postgres: 
  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: postgres:14
    env_file:
      - .env
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      PG_DATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always
    networks:
      - proxy
  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: postgres:14
    env_file:
      - .env
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      PG_DATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always
    networks:
      - proxy
1 Reply
Alex Tran
Alex Tran•3y ago
probably related to your custom mounted volume ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/pgdata is it still there?

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