immich postgres stuck in starting but everything seems to work?
Portainer reports starting.
container log says;
PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
2025-03-31 17:45:54.251 UTC [1] LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process
2025-03-31 17:45:54.251 UTC [1] HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log".
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.log from postgres
after some time it now reports as unhealthy
Successfully submitted, a tag has been added to inform contributors. :white_check_mark:
please share compose and env files
Also the logs from the Postgres data folder, subfolder logs
i have a global env file (stack.env) which have other stuff in - this is why i prefixed the vars with IMMICH_. However i'm still passing in the immich.env in case the actual containers are looking for the variable under the original identifier.
Your env vars are broken. Please return to a supported deployment
It’s trying to connect as root which means DB_USERNAME isn’t correct likely in the immich container
Alrighty, will give it a reset and try agian. Thanks