Article - CS260130
"Password authentication failed for user "twadmin"" while starting ThingWorx with PostgreSQL
Modified: 29-Aug-2024
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 7.3 F000 to 9.5
- PostgreSQL 9.4/9.5
Description
- While starting ThingWorx with PostgreSQL 9.4 below error appears in postgresql log :
- twadmin@thingworx FATAL: password authentication failed for user "twadmin"
- twadmin@thingworx DETAIL: Connection matched pg_hba.conf line 92: "host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5"
- In some cases following error is seen only catalina logs, but not in postgres or application logs. Rather logs are not generated in postgres at all
- org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "twadmin"
- Tomcat stdout log file shows error as : could not connect to database: Invalid password
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