I recently updated my machine (MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion) and ever since then, whenever I set up a rails project, my machine craps out and cannot connect to PG. Currently, this is the error I am getting when I try to go to localhost;
PG::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? could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (fe80::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
Here is a checklist, and list of things I have tried;
- PostgreSQL version is 9.3.4
- I have it installed through HomeBrew
- I have
host: localhost
in my database.yml file - Rails version 4.1.1, ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.5.0]
- Ran
brew uninstall postgresql
thenbrew install postgresql
- Tried to access my postgres.conf file but wasn't allowed through PGAdmin and command line
Ran
locate pg_hba.conf
and terminal shot this out;WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist.
I have also tried using rails 4.0 but I still get the problem
I can still work on other projects on my machine that were started/finished before I updated my computer.
When I run
psql
from my terminal I getpsql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
I am really lost here, and am not sure what else to do. Any help would be much appreciated.
UPDATE:
Thanks to this question, all was resolved by simply downloading Postgres.app for Mac. Everything works great now.