Make sure the service is running.
As root: systemctl start postgresql
As a user:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/server-start.html
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Ron Watkins <rwatki@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to follow documentation. I installed RPM’s but unable to connect to
> server…
>
> CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core)
>
>
>
> Package postgresql10-10.2-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64 already installed and latest
> version
>
> Package postgresql10-server-10.2-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64 already installed and
> latest version
>
>
>
> # su - postgres
>
> -bash-4.2$ psql
>
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>
> Is the server running locally and accepting
>
> connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
>
>
> There are no files under /var/run/post*
>
>
>
> What am I missing here?
