I’m looking to setup Authentikibut I can’t for the life of me get the postgresql container working. I’m gettingconnectionn refused.

I’ve followed the docentation, watched several videos of people who have done the exact same thing as me but its not working. The compose file is the same file from the documentation.

I’m running it on an lxc in proxmox but I’ve also tried a VM with the same result. Any ideas or assistance?

This is in preperation for netbird and I’ve also tried the netbird all in one docker script that uses Zitadel but again that fails as well. The zdb container fails with connection failed to server 172.20.0.2 ( docker IP). I need to have it connect to the host.

  • BobsAccountant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I too am running Authentik in an LXC and am using the default docker-compose.yml. Did you make sure to define your .env file correctly? Are you able to connect to the docker container itself after deployment? You may need to blow the DB volume away and try again because it will only provision on first run.

  • Tinkerer@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    time=“2025-07-23T20:49:22Z” level=info msg=“initialization started” caller=“/home/runner/work/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/initialise/init.go:75” time=“2025-07-23T20:49:22Z” level=fatal msg=“unable to initialize the database” caller=“/home/runner/work/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/initialise/init.go:68” error=“failed to connect to user=root database=postgres:\n\t127.0.0.1:5432 (localhost): dial error: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5432: connect: connection refused\n\t[::1]:5432 (localhost): dial error: dial tcp [::1]:5432: connect: connection refused” time=“2025-07-23T20:49:23Z” level=info msg=“initialization started” caller=“/home/runner/work/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/initialise/init.go:75”

    I’ll post my docker compose file once I can figure out the proper formatting :)

    • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Try

      docker compose up - d && docker compose logs -f

      That should show you errors as things are starting.

      Also three backticks and a new linestart a code block on Lemmy. Add your logs, then end it with a new line and another three backticks.