Re: Issue upgrading from 9.5 to 13 with pg_upgrade: "connection to database failed: FATAL: database "template1" does not exist"

From: Jeremy Wilson <jwilson(at)clover(dot)co>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Issue upgrading from 9.5 to 13 with pg_upgrade: "connection to database failed: FATAL: database "template1" does not exist"
Date: 2020-11-13 15:28:21
Message-ID: 1F006B57-B6A3-40B0-B92D-C31BAEF52CA1@clover.co
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> On Nov 13, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Unless ... could it be that there is another PG server active on the
> machine, whose cluster lacks a "template1" database? Seems unlikely,
> but you might try confirming with "ps auxww | grep post" or the like.

This is a test environment so only the two databases are on it and neither is running. pg_upgrade checks if either is running.

> I also wonder if the cluster you're trying to upgrade from has a
> "template1" database. Not sure if anyone has ever tested whether
> pg_upgrade can cope with the lack of one.

It’s there:

$ psql -p 54320 template1
psql (13.0, server 9.5.23)
Type "help" for help.

template1=#

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