docker-compose create-administrator fails

[bjarman]

Describe the bug Following the documentation for running 7_x in docker I encountered this when trying to create the admin account:

Exception: Problem connecting to database. This indicates issue with either network or version (or possibly some other). If you are running this in docker-compose, please make sure dspace-cli was built from the same sources as running dspace container AND that they are in the same project/network. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Problem connecting to database. This indicates issue with either network or version (or possibly some other). If you are running this in docker-compose, please make sure dspace-cli was built from the same sources as running dspace container AND that they are in the same project/network. at org.dspace.administer.CreateAdministrator.(CreateAdministrator.java:124) at org.dspace.administer.CreateAdministrator.main(CreateAdministrator.java:69) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.dspace.app.launcher.ScriptLauncher.runOneCommand(ScriptLauncher.java:283) at org.dspace.app.launcher.ScriptLauncher.handleScript(ScriptLauncher.java:134) at org.dspace.app.launcher.ScriptLauncher.main(ScriptLauncher.java:99)

To Reproduce I am trying this using a mac (M2). Follow this documentation: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Try+out+DSpace+7#TryoutDSpace7-InstallviaDocker

Expected behavior Successful creation of admin account

Related work Link to any related tickets or PRs here.

[hystricidae]

I encountered the same error on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, Docker 26.0.1, docker-compose 1.29.2.

[tdonohue]

Closing, as this is unreproducible on my end (at least with the latest code). I suspect the issue might be that the database image is not starting up properly, or has somehow failed. I'd recommend checking the Docker logs to see the details of why it is saying "Problem connecting to database.".

You should be able to run docker compose -p d7 -f docker/docker-compose.yml -f docker/docker-compose-rest.yml logs -f to see the logs, or view the logs by clicking on the container in Docker Desktop.

I'd recommend bringing this discussion to one of the support channels, as it doesn't sound like a bug at this time.