Database: Database connection failed after docker down.

[scranthony]

Hi,

i restart docker with docker down command.

Postgres has changed the name of the container. For that reason i changed this name in confluence.cfg.xml file to. But it does not help.  Confluence still shows me: 

Database: Database connection failed

Before docker down everything worked perfect.

What i checked:

- db existence.

- connection to Postgres DB using php script. (Works)

- reload confluence a couple of times.

Why it does not work then?

[Tobias Anstett (K15t) · Accepted solution]

Hi @scranthony,

Have you restarted Confluence after re-configuring the confluence.cfg.xml? This file is only read on startup, so modifications won't take effect just reloading.

Best, Tobias

[scranthony]

sure. I restarted several times. Even tried to change permissions of all confluence folder to 777 for testing. no luck.

[Tobias Anstett (K15t)]

Hi @scranthony,

Have you already followed the instructions here?

https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/troubleshooting-external-database-connections-936511519.html

Maybe this helps identifying the root cause.

Best, Tobias

[scranthony]

hi Tobias,

not yet, thank you for the link.

i solved that a bit different: rename mounted folder and reinstalled confluence. After that restored the db backup. 

I know that its not perfect solution but it works for me.

best regards, Anton