In Red Hat Satellite 5.8 postgresql failed to start.

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Issue

  • In Red Hat Satellite 5.8 postgresql92-postgresql failed to start.
# /etc/init.d/postgresql92-postgresql start
Starting postgresql92-postgresql service: 2018-05-01 08:53:11.223 AEST LOG:  could not bind IPv4 socket: Cannot assign requested address
2018-05-01 08:53:11.223 AEST HINT:  Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
2018-05-01 08:53:11.223 AEST WARNING:  could not create listen socket for "localhost"
2018-05-01 08:53:11.223 AEST FATAL:  could not create any TCP/IP sockets                                            [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8

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