rake db:create throws “database does not exist” error with postgresql

Question

I\'m using rails 4.1.5 with postgresql 9.1 under Debian 7, and I\'m not able to create a database in my development environment. When I run

bin/rake db:create
         


        

Answer 1

I see two issues, as is04 pointed out you probably need at least a username value in your database.yml.

You also need to create the postgres role:

su - postgres
create role direct-dev with createdb login password 'password1'