FAQ
Common problems and questions
You may encounter an issue with PostgreSQL while upgrading an existing installation. Ghostwriter v2.x.x and lower used environment variables stored in files under .envs/.production/.postgres. Beginning with v3.0.0, Ghostwriter no longer uses the .envs/ files and you must transfer your PostgreSQL username and password to the new configuration file.
By default, Ghostwriter CLI generates a random password for a default
postgres user. Update the configuration with your Postgres credentials by running these commands:./ghostwriter-cli config set POSTGRES_USER <YOUR USER>
./ghostwriter-cli config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD <YOUR PASSWORD>
If that does not work or you need to change the credentials, you may do so with the
psql tool. First, start the containers even if initialization fails due to the bad password.docker exec -it ghostwriter_postgres_1 bash
psql -U postgres
Use the
\password command to set a new password for the postgres user:postgres=# \password postgres
Enter new password:
Enter it again:
postgres=# \q
If
postgres is not your username, change the command to use your chosen username. If you are not sure what the username is, run the \du command:postgres=# \du
List of roles
Role name | Attributes | Member of
-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------
postgres | Superuser, Create role, Create DB, Replication, Bypass RLS | {}
That sets the new password and
\q quits the psql console. Set your new password in Ghostwriter's config, and then bring the containers down and back up../ghostwriter-cli containers down
./ghostwriter-cli config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD <NEW PASSWORD>
./ghostwriter-cli containers up
If the passwords still do not match, you may need to try again. Copy/pasting the password may not work. If you try to paste the new password, you might not be setting the password you expect. It is best to type the password manually.
There will be times something goes wrong during the Docker build. One of the most common issues is filesystem permissions are not being set correctly. Ghostwriter runs under the
django user, not root. The django user should own all files under the /app directory.If you are stuck waiting for Django to start, run this command and check file permission errors:
./ghostwriter-cli logs djangoIf you see file permission errors, check the user and group permissions for some of the affected files like so:
docker-compose -f production.yml run django ls -la /app
docker-compose -f production.yml run django ls -la /app/staticfiles
A properly configured listing will look like this:
$ docker-compose -f production.yml run django ls -la /app
Creating ghostwriter_django_run ... done
PostgreSQL is available
total 64
drwxr-xr-x 1 django root 4096 Feb 18 00:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Feb 18 00:42 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 django root 598 Oct 29 2021 .coveragerc
-rw-r--r-- 1 django root 242 Dec 1 2020 .pylintrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 django root 24 Feb 18 00:15 VERSION
« snip »
$ docker-compose -f production.yml run django ls -la /app/staticfiles
Creating ghostwriter_django_run ... done
PostgreSQL is available
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 15 django django 4096 Feb 23 2022 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 django root 4096 Feb 18 00:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 django django 4096 Oct 1 2019 admin
drwxr-xr-x 4 django django 4096 Feb 18 00:34 css
« snip »
If you see anything else, you may need to re-run the
chown command that Docker is supposed to run during the build. It must be run as root. Use Docker Compose's run command like the above examples but add -u root:$ docker-compose -f production.yml run -u root django chown -R django:django /app
Once that runs, verify the
ls -la command shows the proper permissions, and then try restarting the Ghostwriter services:./ghostwriter-cli containers down
./ghostwriter-cli containers up
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