Re: Intermittent Postgres Connection refused Errors (JDBC) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Intermittent Postgres Connection refused Errors (JDBC)
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Msg-id 1845.1178059892@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Intermittent Postgres Connection refused Errors (JDBC)  ("Srinivas Kotapally" <ksrinivas@coriendo.com>)
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"Srinivas Kotapally" <ksrinivas@coriendo.com> writes:
> I am managing an application that uses the Postgres backend.  Of late we have
> started getting connection refused errors every now and then.  We have not been
> able to identify the cause of this.  Any hints or known bugs that I should be
> aware of?  Thanks for any help extended!

"Connection refused" means it was refused at the kernel level; if the
postmaster had rejected the connection the message would be different.
So you need to be looking for OS-level issues.  Given that you seem to
be running a rather hoary kernel (2.6.9 is a ways back no?), maybe an
update there is indicated.  Firewall problems are a possibility too.

            regards, tom lane

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