Error Django connection to PostgreSQL Peer authentication failed

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Error I am receiving when I try to get to my Django admin site. I had been using MySQL database no problem. I am new to PostgreSQL, but decided to switch because the host I ultimately plan to use for this project does not have MySQL

OperationalError at /admin/

FATAL:  Peer authentication failed for user "myuser"

Therefore, I figured I could go through the process of installing PostgreSQL, run a syncdb and be all set.

Problem is that I cannot seem to get my app to connect to the database. I can login to PostgreSQL via command line or desktop app that I downloaded. Just not in the script.

Aug 12, 2020 in Python by kartik
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Hello @kartik,

My settings.py did not have a HOST for MySQL database, but I needed to add one for PostgreSQL to work.

In my case, I added localhost to the HOST setting and it worked.

Here is the DATABASES section from my settings.py.

DATABASES = { 
    'default': { 
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': '<MYDATABASE>', 
        'USER': '<MYUSER>', 
        'PASSWORD': '<MYPASSWORD>', 
        'HOST': 'localhost', # the missing piece of the puzzle 
        'PORT': '', # optional, I don't need this since I'm using the standard port
    } 
}

Hope it helps!!
Thank you!!

answered Aug 12, 2020 by Niroj
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