Re: Connection Refused

On 4/21/20 4:56 PM, Dummy Account wrote:
> Hello,
> I installed pgAdmin4, I believe the postgesSQL version is 12.  I'm
> running Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13.6.
> After logging into pgAdmin and successfully entering "master password".
>  While clicking on the only instance there, in this case it is
> "PostgreSQL 12" that is where I get the following error:
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on
> host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
> could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on
> host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Looks like the Postgres server is not running.

Can you confirm whether the server is up?

>
> I can say that a multitude of programs that were accessing this database
> can no-longer access the database; they all run the same password needed
> to access this cluster, I think it is a cluster.  I tried right-clicking
> "PostgreSQL 12" and clearing stored password, so I think I will need to
> reset that if you could advise on that too.
>
> Lastly, I will also add that I recently restored my Operating System
> from a backup because I swapped a HDD out for a SSD.
>
> Please see screenshot for reference.
>
> Thanks
>

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