# awx-postgres-15-0 Init:CreateContainerConfigError **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** awx, kubernetes\ **Created:** [June 5, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-15-0-init-createcontainerconfigerror/43185 "2025-06-05T16:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daniehines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@daniehines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/daniehines)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-15-0-init-createcontainerconfigerror/43185/1 "2025-06-05T16:12:35Z")
I am receiving the following error when working with [awx operator 2.19.1, K3s v1.29.6+k3s2, AWX 24.6.1, postgresql 15.](https://github.com/kurokobo/awx-on-k3s/), kubectl get po -n awx NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE awx-operator-controller-manager-58b7c97f4b-nbvd8 2/2 Running 0 40h awx-postgres-15-0 0/1 Init:CreateContainerConfigError 0 40h kubectl -n awx logs -f statefulset/awx-postgres-15 -c init Error from server (BadRequest): container “init” in pod “awx-postgres-15-0” is waiting to start: CreateContainerConfigError kubectl -n awx logs -f statefulset/awx-postgres-15 Defaulted container “postgres” out of: postgres, init (init) Error from server (BadRequest): container “postgres” in pod “awx-postgres-15-0” is waiting to start: PodInitializing The pv and pvc appear to be bound: kubectl get pv NAME CAPACITY ACCESS MODES RECLAIM POLICY STATUS CLAIM STORAGECLASS VOLUMEATTRIBUTESCLASS REASON AGE awx-postgres-15-volume 8Gi RWO Retain Bound awx/postgres-15-awx-postgres-15-0 awx-postgres-volume 41h awx-projects-volume 2Gi RWO Retain Bound awx/awx-projects-claim awx-projects-volume I believe this is related to the directions of: sudo mkdir -p /data/postgres-15 sudo mkdir -p /data/projects sudo chown 1000:0 /data/projects Where do these directories need to be created? At / on the server itself, inside /var/lib on the server, inside the directory where the installation is? Or is this done inside a container, or is this inside some other piece of software that is part of the installation? As I am very new to the whole docker, kubernetes, minikube setup for AWX, I have done the 3 machine install on virtual machines before but not inside all this software, my apologies if this is a very basic question that may have been answered all ready. TIA! Danielle kubectl describe po/awx-postgres-15-0 -n awx Name: awx-postgres-15-0 Namespace: awx Priority: 0 Service Account: default Node: minikube/192.168.49.2 Start Time: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:11:12 -0400 Labels: [app.kubernetes.io/component=database](http://app.kubernetes.io/component=database) [app.kubernetes.io/instance=postgres-15-awx](http://app.kubernetes.io/instance=postgres-15-awx) [app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=awx-operator](http://app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=awx-operator) [app.kubernetes.io/name=postgres-15](http://app.kubernetes.io/name=postgres-15) [app.kubernetes.io/part-of=awx](http://app.kubernetes.io/part-of=awx) [apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index=0](http://apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index=0) controller-revision-hash=awx-postgres-15-5d69bb47df [statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name=awx-postgres-15-0](http://statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name=awx-postgres-15-0) Annotations: Status: Pending IP: 10.244.0.5 IPs: IP: 10.244.0.5 Controlled By: StatefulSet/awx-postgres-15 Init Containers: init: Container ID: Image: [Quay](http://quay.io/sclorg/postgresql-15-c9s:latest) Image ID: Port: Host Port: Command: /bin/sh -c chown 26:0 /var/lib/pgsql/data chmod 700 /var/lib/pgsql/data ``` State: Waiting Reason: CreateContainerConfigError Ready: False Restart Count: 0 Environment: Mounts: /var/lib/pgsql/data from postgres-15 (rw,path="data") /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from kube-api-access-xrdp8 (ro) ``` Containers: postgres: Container ID: Image: [Quay](http://quay.io/sclorg/postgresql-15-c9s:latest) Image ID: Port: 5432/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP State: Waiting Reason: PodInitializing Ready: False Restart Count: 0 Environment: POSTGRESQL\_DATABASE: \ Optional: false POSTGRESQL\_USER: \ Optional: false POSTGRESQL\_PASSWORD: \ Optional: false POSTGRES\_DB: \ Optional: false POSTGRES\_USER: \ Optional: false POSTGRES\_PASSWORD: \ Optional: false PGDATA: /var/lib/pgsql/data/userdata POSTGRES\_INITDB\_ARGS: --auth-host=scram-sha-256 POSTGRES\_HOST\_AUTH\_METHOD: scram-sha-256 Mounts: /var/lib/pgsql/data from postgres-15 (rw,path=“data”) /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from kube-api-access-xrdp8 (ro) Conditions: Type Status PodReadyToStartContainers True Initialized False Ready False ContainersReady False PodScheduled True Volumes: postgres-15: Type: PersistentVolumeClaim (a reference to a PersistentVolumeClaim in the same namespace) ClaimName: postgres-15-awx-postgres-15-0 ReadOnly: false kube-api-access-xrdp8: Type: Projected (a volume that contains injected data from multiple sources) TokenExpirationSeconds: 3607 ConfigMapName: kube-root-ca.crt Optional: false DownwardAPI: true QoS Class: BestEffort Node-Selectors: Tolerations: [node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute](http://node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute) op=Exists for 300s [node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute](http://node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute) op=Exists for 300s Events: Type Reason Age From Message * * * Warning Failed 88s (x11255 over 40h) kubelet Error: stat /data/postgres-15: no such file or directory Normal Pulled 88s (x11254 over 40h) kubelet Container image “[Quay](http://quay.io/sclorg/postgresql-15-c9s:latest)” already present on machine ---
**Author:** ![daniehines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@daniehines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/daniehines)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-15-0-init-createcontainerconfigerror/43185/2 "2025-06-05T21:14:01Z")
Well, I finally figure out the issue, when using minikube (on top of docker), you have to run minikube ssh to be able to run the mkdir -p /data/postgres-15-0 and /data/projects, and then the chown of /data/projects directory. Now I just have to figure out how to do all the ingresses so I can actually see the web interface. thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-15-0-init-createcontainerconfigerror/43185/3 "2025-07-05T21:14:38Z")
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