postgresql-13 service unable to start

Products

• DX Application Performance Management
• CA Application Performance Management (APM / Wily / Introscope)

Issue/Introduction

sudo systemctl start postgresql-13

Job for postgresql-13.service failed because the control process exited with error code.

See "systemctl status postgresql-13.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

 

Environment

• DX APM 10.8

Cause

1) Installation was done using a non-root account.

2) /var did not have a space

3) as per postgres documentation the recommended target location is /opt.

Resolution

Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.6.2 to 13