Re: Error while starting EFM - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Also verify if the data directory mentioned in efm properties file is correct or not and check the permissions of that file.

ERROR: Could not read value of db.data.dir from /etc/edb/efm-4.9/efm.properties

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024, 9:23 pm Mahendra Singh, <msmahendrasingh18@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Experts,

I am unable to start EFM due to the below error.

edb-efm-4.9.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

edb-efm-4.9.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Failed to start EnterpriseDB Failover Manager 4.9.

Below is the startup log.

Could not validate pg_wal directory:
sudo -u enterprisedb /usr/edb/efm-4.9/bin/efm_db_functions validatepgwaldir /etc/edb/efm-4.9/efm.properties
id: 3
exit status: 1
output:
ERROR: Could not read value of db.data.dir from /etc/edb/efm-4.9/efm.properties
error:
grep: /etc/edb/efm-4.9/efm.properties: Permission denied
Using ssl mode: disable

It looks like much of the documentation for EFM errors are not available on google. 

Regards,

Mahendra Singh