stellar docker image db init failing after entering password

Question

First time trying to run stellar docker image in persistence mode and receiving this error after entering & confirming new password:

  pq: password authentication failed for user "stellar"

docker cmd

  docker run --rm -it -p "8000:8000" -v "/dev/stellar:/opt/stellar" --name stellar stellar/quickstart --testnet

I looked at trying to edit pg_hba.conf but I don't see the stellar user that has been configured.

Also, I verified the stellar-core.cfg has the correct db password as defined during setup.

Answer 1

I had exactly the same issue while I was using a password with special characters (too fancy for sed to process?). Then I recreated the '/opt/stellar' shared volume and used stellarpasswd as a New Postgresql Password. And it worked! :)

Another piece of info, maybe more important. I have also added user stellar to my host machine. When the default configurations get rsynced to '/opt/stellar', this might not have worked properly without that user on my host machine..