On Red Hat Satellite or Capsule 6 server satellite-installer command fails with error Directory /var/lib/pgsql/data is missing or empty.

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Issue

  • The satellite-installer command fails with the following postgresql error.

    2023-06-30 10:58:11 [ERROR ] [configure] Jun 30 10:58:11 satellite.example.com systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server...
2023-06-30 10:58:11 [ERROR ] [configure] Jun 30 10:58:11 satellite.example.com postgresql-check-db-dir[631951]: Directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data" is missing or empty.
2023-06-30 10:58:11 [ERROR ] [configure] Jun 30 10:58:11 satellite.example.com postgresql-check-db-dir[631951]: Use "/usr/bin/postgresql-setup --initdb"

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Capsule 6

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