Postgres No permission to create user

Question

I am unable to use rails with postgres. The database wont create:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~/testapp2$ rake db:create:all
PG::InsufficientPrivilege: ERROR:           


        

Answer 1

Add this using during gitlab_ci DB setup. I solve the problem as described by @Audrius Meškauskas on Ubuntu 12.04:

Connect as Admin

sudo -u postgres psql -d template1

Alter role

ALTER ROLE gitlab_ci WITH CREATEDB;

Re-run the task

sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec rake db:setup RAILS_ENV=production

Answer 2

The username / password you use lack the administrator rights that are necessary for creation users and databases.

Login as administrator and fix the permissions. If you have administrator login credentials, login and use ALTER ROLE to fix the rights on that account.