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fix: resolve PostgreSQL authentication failure during instance creation #47

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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions src/instance/manager.ts
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Expand Up @@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ export class InstanceManager {

console.log('PostgreSQL is ready, creating database and user...');

// First, set a password for the postgres superuser
console.log('Setting password for postgres superuser...');
const postgresPassword = this.generateSecurePassword();
await this.execAsyncWithLogging(`${psqlPath} -h "${socketDirectory}" -p ${config.spec.network.port} -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD '${postgresPassword}'"`);

// Create the database
console.log(`Creating database: ${config.spec.database.name}`);
await this.execAsyncWithLogging(`${psqlPath} -h "${socketDirectory}" -p ${config.spec.network.port} -U postgres -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE \\"${config.spec.database.name}\\""`);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -444,7 +449,7 @@ export class InstanceManager {
const command = [
initdbPath,
'-D', config.spec.storage.dataDirectory,
'--auth-local=peer',
'--auth-local=trust',
'--auth-host=md5',
`--encoding=${config.spec.database.encoding}`,
`--locale=${config.spec.database.locale}`,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -644,8 +649,8 @@ export class InstanceManager {
'# pg_hba.conf generated by PgForge',
'# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD',
'',
'# Local connections',
'local all all peer',
'# Local connections - use md5 for password authentication',
'local all all md5',
'',
'# IPv4 connections',
];
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