# awx\_postgres fails to restart

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-fails-to-restart/37666>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx-project, ubuntu, awx\
**Created:** [February 17, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-fails-to-restart/37666 "2023-02-17T02:48:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-fails-to-restart/37666/1 "2023-02-17T02:48:33Z")

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Hi All,  
I am a novice to this AWX and trying to learn on my own. I have installed AWX 17.0.1 on the Ubuntu server. All docker containers w.r.t AWX were up and running without any issues. But suddenly we noticed the awx\_postgres db container alone showing status as ‘_Restarting_’.

When i try to restart the awx\_postgres db container manually, i get this error message

# docker restart awx\_postgres

Error response from daemon: Cannot restart container awx\_postgres: mkdir /var/lib/docker/overlay2/fd307a949ef5d8d7d901838b52c4d58656cfb006deec627c7b172d25c3c415eb/merged: no space left on device

 ![image.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/4/41a8ba543023db480c5181441242701b2ee452a0.png)

 ![image.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/0/01155cb3e18524b5b5eaa351b0d4d5509ed8910f.png)

I see the whole of /var dir itself full and no space left over. Are there any chances if we clean up the overlay folders contents, will that help us to get a good amount of space or any other approach to overcome this issue. Please advise.