Re: "brew services list" shows postgresql as "started", but can not connect to it

Did you initialize the DB cluster (initdb -D /path/to/data)?
Did you configure the installation (postgres.conf file)?
Does homebrew.mxcl.postgresql where the data lives?

when you run "ps -ef|grep -i postg", do you see the postmaster and other postgres executables running?

> On Mar 13, 2016, at 06:07, Alexander Farber <alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am trying to move from (successfully) using VM Fusion with CentOS Linux image on Mac OSX "El Capitan" for web development to Homebrew:
>
> brew update
> brew install postgres
> brew tap homebrew/services
>
> This resulted in some files installed to
>
> /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.5.1/
>
> And "brew services list" reports it as "started":
>
> postgresql started afarber /Users/afarber/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
>
> And I can restart it:
>
> # brew services restart postgresql
> Stopping `postgresql`... (might take a while)
> ==> Successfully stopped `postgresql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.postgresql)
> ==> Successfully started `postgresql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.postgresql)
>
> But unfortunately I can not connect with "psql":
>
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> And there is no "pg", "post" or "master" in "ps uawwwx" list.
>
> And I can find neither postgresql.conf nor pg_hba.conf nor any startup logs at my Macbook Air.
>
> In the troubleshooting process I have tried:
>
> xcode-select --install
> brew update
> brew update
> sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)
>
> and restarted the Macbook and finally filed an issue at
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/50065 <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/50065>
>
> If you are using Homebrew PostgreSQL package at the latest Mac OSX, please share some tips on how to get it running or at least proceed in debugging.
>
> Thank you
> Alex
>