[BUG] Unable to start container using compose file
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Description
Describe the bug
First start with NEWDB=true and SKIPSYNC=false, it managed to download bases, then after a while, it starts to loop in a restart process. Then I stopped the container, changed NEWDB to false, SKIPSYNC to true, but pgsql seems to fail to start.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Include how you started the container.
services:
openvas:
hostname: openvas
container_name: openvas
environment:
- "PASSWORD=<REDACTED>"
- "USERNAME=<REDACTED>"
- "RELAYHOST=<REDACTED>"
- "SMTPPORT=25"
- "REDISDBS=512" # number of Redis DBs to use
- "QUIET=false" # dump feed sync noise to /dev/null
- "NEWDB=false" # only use this for creating a blank DB
- "SKIPSYNC=true" # Skips the feed sync on startup.
- "RESTORE=false" # This probably not be used from compose... see docs.
- "DEBUG=false" # This will cause the container to stop and not actually start gvmd
- "HTTPS=false" # wether to use HTTPS or not
- "GMP=9390" # to enable see docs
- "PGVER=15" # Set postgresql version ... either 13 or 15
networks:
- openvas
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- "<REDACTED>:/data"
image: docker.io/immauss/openvas:26.07.27.01
- When did the issue occur?
From the beginning.
Expected behavior
Well, pgsql should start without throwing "Stopping postgresql"
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Environment (please complete the following information):
- OS: Alma Linux 10
- Memory available to OS: 71GB
- Container environment used with version: Docker
logs ( commands assume the container name is 'openvas' )
docker-compose
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