Current lemmy.hjson configuration file (with or without the closing bracket…both do not work):

{
  # the domain name of your instance (eg "lemmy.ml")
  hostname: "beehaw.org"
  # Settings related to activitypub federation
  federation: {
    # Whether to enable activitypub federation.
    enabled: true
    # Allows and blocks are described here:
    # https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/federation/administration.html///instance-allowlist-and-blocklist
    #
    # list of instances with which federation is allowed
    allowed_instances: [
      lemmy.ca
      midwest.social
      /* ... */
    ]
    # Instances which we never federate anything with (but previously federated objects are unaffected)
    blocked_instances: [
      string
      /* ... */
    ]
    # If true, only federate with instances on the allowlist and block everything else. If false
    # use allowlist only for remote communities, and posts/comments in local communities
    # (meaning remote communities will show content from arbitrary instances).
    strict_allowlist: true
    }
}

Docker logs:

lemmy_1     | thread 'main' panicked at 'Error connecting to postgres://lemmy:password@localhost:5432/lemmy', src/main.rs:65:25
lemmy_1     | note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
lemmy_lemmy_1 exited with code 101
lemmy_1     | 2022-01-23T12:53:58.959887Z ERROR r2d2: could not connect to server: Connection refused
lemmy_1     | 	Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting
lemmy_1     | 	TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
lemmy_1     | could not connect to server: Address not available
lemmy_1     | 	Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting
lemmy_1     | 	TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Safari browser throws this error when attempting to reach https://beehaw.org

https://beehaw.org/404?err=FetchError:%20request%20to%20http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site?%20failed,%20reason:%20connect%20ECONNREFUSED%20172.23.0.4:8536

So, my instance is connecting from a secured HTTPS and the lemmy connection is attempting to connect to an unsecured HTTP.

docker-compose.yml:

version: '2.2'

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:12-alpine
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=thr33n1n3
      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

  lemmy:
    image: dessalines/lemmy:0.15.1
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8536:8536"
    restart: always
    environment:
      - RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=info,lemmy_api=info,lemmy_api_common=info,lemmy_api_crud=info,lemmy_apub=info,lemmy_db_schema=info,lemmy_db_views=info,lemmy_db_views_ac>
    volumes:
      - ./lemmy.hjson:/config/config.hjson
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - pictrs

  lemmy-ui:
    image: beehaw/frontend-ui:latest
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:1235:1234"
    restart: always
    environment:
      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy:8536
      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=beehaw.org
      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
    depends_on:
      - lemmy

  pictrs:
    image: asonix/pictrs:v0.2.6-r2
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8537:8080"
    user: 991:991
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/pictrs:/mnt
    restart: always
  • suspendedOP
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    I went to the server and logged into PostgeSQL. I used the \du command to list all the users. There are only 2 users. Namely, ‘postgres’ and ‘admin’. There isn’t a ‘lemmy’ user. So, why am I getting an error that states:

    password authentication failed for user "lemmy"?

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        {
          # for more info about the config, check out the documentation
          # https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/configuration.html
        
           # settings related to the postgresql database
           # address where pictrs is available
           pictrs_url: "http://pictrs:8080"
           database: {
            # name of the postgres database for lemmy
            database: "lemmy"
            # username to connect to postgres
            user: "lemmy"
            # password to connect to postgres
            password: “baconshit”
            # host where postgres is running
            host: "postgres"
            # port where postgres can be accessed
            port: 5432
            # maximum number of active sql connections
            pool_size: 5
          }
            # the domain name of your instance (eg "lemmy.ml")
          hostname: "beehaw.org"
            # Settings related to activitypub federation
          federation: {
            # Whether to enable activitypub federation.
            enabled: true
            # Allows and blocks are described here:
            # https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/federation/administration.html///instance-allowlist-and-blocklist
            #
            # list of instances with which federation is allowed
            allowed_instances: [
              lemmy.ca
              midwest.social
              /* ... */
            ]
            # Instances which we never federate anything with (but previously federated objects are unaffected)
            blocked_instances: [
              string
              /* ... */
            ]
            # If true, only federate with instances on the allowlist and block everything else. If false
            # use allowlist only for remote communities, and posts/comments in local communities
            # (meaning remote communities will show content from arbitrary instances).
            strict_allowlist: true
          }
        #  tls_enabled: true
        }
        
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          3 years ago

          Check your database block. You have the wrong username. Did you save your old config before overwriting it?

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            3 years ago

            In the lemmy.hjson I had the wrong database name. I’ve changed it to ‘beehaw_db’ which I can see the ‘owner’, in postgres itself, is ‘admin’. So, I changed the username to ‘admin’ in the same hjson file.

            Now, I’m getting:

            lemmy_1 | 2022-01-24T15:57:58.976448Z ERROR r2d2: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "admin"

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              3 years ago

              Its telling you your password is wrong. What do you want me to do.

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                Maybe I’ve missed something, but let me tell you what I’ve done and see if you can catch anything that I may have done wrong. OK?

                I first logged into PostgreSQL and used the ALTER ROLE to change the password of the user that is accessing the ‘beehaw_db’ database. I made sure that this exact password is entered properly in both the docker-compose.yml and lemmy.hjson files.

                I’m still getting the same authentication error. Am I missing something? What would you recommend as far as troubleshooting this?

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                  password authentication failed for user “admin”