```
poetry run python -m synapse.app.homeserver -c homeserver.yaml
**********************************************************************************
Error during initialisation:
connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
There may be more information in the logs.
**********************************************************************************
```
```
poetry run python -m synapse.app.homeserver -c homeserver.yaml
**********************************************************************************
Error during initialisation:
psycopg2.OperationalError: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
There may be more information in the logs.
**********************************************************************************
```
```
2023-05-10 22:53:56,000 - synapse.app._base - 214 - ERROR - main - Exception during startup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/eric/Documents/github/element/synapse/synapse/app/homeserver.py", line 352, in setup
hs.setup()
File "/home/eric/Documents/github/element/synapse/synapse/server.py", line 337, in setup
self.datastores = Databases(self.DATASTORE_CLASS, self)
File "/home/eric/Documents/github/element/synapse/synapse/storage/databases/__init__.py", line 65, in __init__
with make_conn(database_config, engine, "startup") as db_conn:
File "/home/eric/Documents/github/element/synapse/synapse/storage/database.py", line 161, in make_conn
native_db_conn = engine.module.connect(**db_params)
File "/home/eric/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/matrix-synapse-xCtC9ulO-py3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 122, in connect
conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, **kwasync)
psycopg2.OperationalError: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
```