Re: Fossology Install & Config Issues...

Kurt Schroeder wrote:
> I am attempting to install the Fossology <http://fossology.org/> OSS license
> analysis software on a server running Ubuntu Linux and PostgreSQL. I have
> gotten to the point where I am at the final install command, and I get an
> error on a "dbcheck" program that says:
>
> # Checking database connectivity
> ERROR: Unable to connect to the database
> Connection string: 'dbname=fossology host=localhost user=fossy
> password=fossy'
> Connection status: '1'
> ERROR: Failed to open database
> ERROR: Database not configured.
> Check /usr/local/share/fossology/dbconnect/fossology then re-run the
> install.
>
> When I cat the file it looks like:
>
> dbname=fossology;
> host=localhost;
> user=fossy;
> password=fossy;
>
> No where in the instructions has it asked me to "configure" the DB except
> for a few config files that I had to alter:
>
> I changed the /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf file to read:
>
> #local all postgres ident sameuser
> local all all trust
>
> Then I restarted the server with the command: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1restart
> It restarted fine.
> Then tried to run the ./install.sh -f again
> And I got the same "Database not configured" error again.
>
> Other info that might be relevant:
>
> /etc/passwd contains the following new entries:
>
> fosstest:x:1000:1000:fosstest,,,:/home/fosstest:/bin/bash <= main system
> user
> postgres:x:109:120:PostgreSQL administrator,,,:/var/lib/postgresql:/bin/bash
> fossy:x:1001:1001:FOSSology:/srv/fossology:/bin/bash (used to be /bin/false
> but I changed it to /bin/bash in the hopes that it would work) <= password
> is fossy
>
> Thanks in advance for your help. Detailed config info can be provided to
> anyone wishing to help me. Thank you!
>

Can you connect to the database with psql?