Parent directory /etc/postgresql/9.4/main does not exist - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

[rasheedamir]

I have seen lots of people facing the same issue and I am facing it as well on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!

template[/etc/postgresql/9.4/main/postgresql.conf] action create
    * Parent directory /etc/postgresql/9.4/main does not exist.
    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/postgresql/9.4/main/postgresql.conf]'
    ================================================================================

    Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
    ------------------------------------------------
    Parent directory /etc/postgresql/9.4/main does not exist.

I have tried all versions including 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 but luck.
Any idea how to fix it? Or get around it?

[chrisduong]

+1

[chrisduong]

Hi guys,

If we move this code execute 'Set locale and Create cluster' before the line - include_recipe 'postgresql::server_conf' in the 'postgresql::server_debian', it would create the folder and it won't fail.

It is a simple fix.

[slyness]

There will be corrections for this issue released soon. #314

[slyness]

Resolved as of release 4.0.0 - https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/postgresql/releases/tag/v4.0.0

[fiedl]

This, apparently, is still an issue on postgresql 4.0.0. Strangely, everything worked fine on vagrant. But, trying it out with a real ubuntu 14.04 server, the directory /etc/postgresql is actually empty.

I'm not sure why the locales on the system should have any impact on that. But can anyone see if there is anything wrong with my locales?

➜  locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=en_US
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

➜  env
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_US
...

What is the proper way to fix this?

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