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Alfresco Start Produces Errors

carnold

Alfresco 4.2.d on sles11 SP2. Since i upgraded to 4.2.d, when i start alfresco, i see this on the terminal:

/alfresco.sh start
waiting for server to start…….. stopped waiting
pg_ctl.bin: could not start server
Examine the log output.
/opt/alfresco/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh : postgresql  could not be started
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/alfresco/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/alfresco/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /opt/alfresco/java
Using CLASSPATH:       /opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/alfresco/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Using CATALINA_PID:    /opt/alfresco/tomcat/temp/catalina.pid
/opt/alfresco/tomcat/scripts/ctl.sh : tomcat started‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Nothing in the alfresco.log or the share.log. Alfresco/share works after this so i am assuming this is some builtin module that produces the error. We are not using any addons.

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rjohnson

Your database (PostgreSql) is the problem. I suggest that you need to look in your PostgreSql log file. Probably in

/var/log/pgsql
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that should tell you why PostgreSql won't start.

carnold

pgsql is not located in /var/log in fact, after a search, not found anywhere on the filesystem. Must mention we are using mysql DB not postgresql

rjohnson

That could well be your issue. If you look at the error you posted


pg_ctl.bin: could not start server

Examine the log output.

/opt/alfresco/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh : postgresql  could not be started
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

alfresco.sh is clearly trying to start postgreSql and not mySQL.

Now alfresco.sh looks for an executable file {install-directory}/{database-to-use}/scripts/ctl.sh. It starts looking in mysql and then postgresql. In your installation it would seem that there is no executable file

{install-directory}/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh
‍‍‍

but there is an executable file

{install-directory}/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh
‍‍‍

so alfresco.sh tries to start postgreSql which it can't because it doesn't exist.

I think you need to create the executable

{install-directory}/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh
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to start your database.

carnold

Now alfresco.sh looks for an executable file {install-directory}/{database-to-use}/scripts/ctl.sh. It starts looking in mysql and then postgresql. In your installation it would seem that there is no executable file

{install-directory}/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh
but there is an executable file

{install-directory}/postgresql/scripts/ctl.sh
so alfresco.sh tries to start postgreSql which it can't because it doesn't exist.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

So are you saying there should be a /opt/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh folder/file in the installation? Because there is not; in fact, neither was in the installed 4.2.c (i upgraded to 4.2.d and kept the structure of 4.2.c and verified that path does not exist and it worked fine in 4.2.c).

I think you need to create the executable

{install-directory}/mysql/scripts/ctl.sh
to start your database.‍‍‍‍

So i created that path with the exact permission from /opt/alfresco/postgres/scripts/ctl.sh. Then stop and start and still got the same error.