Pg-gvm:stable no longer starting

kernal · August 12, 2025, 1:30pm

3 hours ago, greenbonebot released v22.6.11 of pg-gvm, which includes Postgres 15 instead of 13 but still states “13” in the config-file. So things are messed up and the container no longer starts. There is already a ticket on github:

github.com/greenbone/pg-gvm

Bug: pg-gvm no longer starting

opened 12:53PM - 12 Aug 25 UTC

External Image kernal64

bug

### This is an issue and not a support question which should be asked at https:/…/forum.greenbone.net/? - [x] This is an issue and not a support question ### Is there an existing issue for this? - [x] I have searched the existing issues ### Current Behavior When starting the compose-stack, pg-gvm exits with error message: > /usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 14: cannot create /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent > /usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 21: cannot create /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent > [...] I checked with `docker-compose run --rm pg-gvm /bin/bash`: `postgres@aea52f002e98:/home/postgres$ grep POSTGRES_VERSION /usr/local/bin/start-postgresql` > [ -z "$POSTGRES_VERSION" ] && **POSTGRES_VERSION=13** > POSTGRES_HBA_CONF="**/etc/postgresql/$POSTGRES_VERSION/main/pg_hba.conf**" > echo "# see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/$POSTGRES_VERSION/auth-trust.html" > pg_ctlcluster -o "-k /tmp" -o "-c listen_addresses=''" $POSTGRES_VERSION main start > pg_ctlcluster --foreground $POSTGRES_VERSION main stop > pg_ctlcluster -o "-c listen_addresses='*'" --foreground $POSTGRES_VERSION main start So version says "13" but configuration is there for "15": `postgres@49335f854b28:/home/postgres$ ls /etc/postgresql/` >15 and db files are still version 13: `postgres@49335f854b28:/home/postgres$ ls -l /var/lib/postgresql` > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 3 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 23 2023 13 ### Expected Behavior Start pg-gvm and keep running ### Steps To Reproduce _No response_ ### Operating System docker(-compose) on "VMware Photon OS 5.0" ### Version _No response_ ### Anything else? As a workaround I added the the PG version as environment variable in the docker-compose.yml and copied the /var/lib/postgresql/13 folder inside the volume into /var/lib/postgresql/13. > environment: > - POSTGRES_VERSION=15 but, as expected, this lead to > 2025-08-12 14:49:27.140 CEST [23] FATAL: database files are incompatible with server > 2025-08-12 14:49:27.140 CEST [23] DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 13, which is not compatible with this version 15.13 (Debian 15.13-0+deb12u1).

Sylver13 · August 12, 2025, 7:53pm

Mine says "17”

$ sudo docker compose exec -u gvmd -it gvmd psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 17.5 (Debian 17.5-1)

Right now, I got it up and running by re-using the old pg-gvmd that I have, which is 22.6.6

bricks · August 13, 2025, 9:36am

Hi, please pull again. We have re-tagged the pg-gvm 22.6.10 image as stable and latest for now.

Using 22.6.11 uses a newer Debian version as base image and therefore requires to do a postgresql database migration which is not supported at the moment.

asrozar · August 18, 2025, 9:10pm

I just updated my images and now I’m getting the following errors.

ubuntu@waystar-scanner-0:~$ docker container logs 0d42d6a0496a
/usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 14: cannot create /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent
/usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 21: cannot create /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent
Error: specified cluster '13 main' does not exist
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
createuser: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
createdb: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
Error: specified cluster '13 main' does not exist
Error: specified cluster '13 main' does not exist
Deleted verification file.

I’ve deleted volumes, pruned images and containers but nothing seems to work.

I’ve also added: POSTGRES_VERSION=15, but no success. Then I get this error:

ubuntu@infinity-external-scanner-0:~$ docker container logs 96c8036c824a
chmod: cannot access '/var/lib/postgresql/13/main': No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 14: cannot create /etc/postgresql/15/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent
/usr/local/bin/start-postgresql: 21: cannot create /etc/postgresql/15/main/pg_hba.conf: Directory nonexistent
Error: specified cluster '15 main' does not exist
psql: error: 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"?
createuser: error: could not connect to database template1: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
createdb: error: could not connect to database template1: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
psql: error: 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"?
Error: specified cluster '15 main' does not exist
Error: specified cluster '15 main' does not exist
Deleted verification file.

kernal · August 19, 2025, 6:31am

Hi @asrozar,

have you tried to pull pg-gvm again? @bricks has re-tagged it as 22.6.10, which still has Postgres 13. If that doesn’t work for you or if stable is again on a newer version with Postgres 15, you have two options.

Use a helper container with Postgres 13 and Postgres 15, and migrate the db to PG15. You have still to use POSTGRES_VERSION=15.
Use the tag 22.6.10 instead of stable, to stick with Postgres 13

Hth Ka-i

bricks · August 19, 2025, 6:32am

Should be fixed (again).

For background see Bug: pg-gvm no longer starting · Issue #97 · greenbone/pg-gvm · GitHub

voron · August 19, 2025, 7:31am

Hi,

Have the same problem with pg-gvm:stable(the same errors), for me works with pg-gvm:22.6.6 and postgres 13

system · November 10, 2025, 1:30pm

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