Firebird second instance is not accessible - database

My requirement is to create a named instance, while there is a default instance running on the same machine and connect to it, through some kind of management console or command line.
I created a firebird 2.5 second instance using
instsvc install -auto -superserver -guardian -name secondservice
instsvc start -name secondservice
This created the engine service and guardian service and was confirmed running using firebird control centre and through services window.
However I am unable to connect to the instance using ibo console when I put the parameters to host name as localhost/secondservice, nor can I cannot to it through isql using
isql localhost\secondservice:employee
I downloaded the zip file through
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/firebird/firebird-win32/2.5.4-Release/Firebird-2.5.4.26856-0_Win32.zip
Would anyone have any idea what is missing?

Firebird doesn't have a concept of named instances like SQL Server. If you want to run a second instance, then the firebird.conf file of that instance must have a different value for the configuration option RemoteServicePort (which defaults to 3050), and you need to specify that port number when connecting (say you configured the port on 13050):
isql localhost/13050:employee
Running multiple instances of the server, also requires you to have separate installations for each instance.

This worked
I made sure
Registry does not have any firebird related keys that are pointing to firebird 1.5 or anything else.
echo %FIREBIRD% does not print a value
firebird.conf has below two lines (only line changed was the port from 3050 to 3070):
#RemoteServiceName = gds_db
RemoteServicePort = 3070
Ran
instsvc stop -name secondservice
instsvc stop -name DefaultInstance
instsvc r -n secondservice
instsvc install -auto -superserver -guardian -name secondservice
instsvc start -name secondservice
Services are up and running
telnet -a confirms service is listening on 3070 port.
isql localhost/3070:C:\test.fdb -user SYSDBA -pass masterkey
worked for me
What sorted it was clearing out ENV variables and registry, nothing much to it after that.

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Connect to docker sqlserver via ssh

I've created a docker container that contains a mssql Database. On the command line ip a gives an ip address for the container, however trying to ssh into it username#docker_ip_address yields ssh: connect to host ip_address port 22: Connection refused. So I'm wondering if I am even able to ssh into the container so I don't have to always be using the docker tool docker exec .... and if so how would I go about doing that?
To ssh into container you should full-fill followings
SSH server(Openssh) should be installed within the container and ssh service should be running
Port 22 should be published from container (when you run the container).more info here > Publish ports on Docker
docker ps command should display mapped ports 22
Hope above information helps for you to understand the situation...
If your container contains a database server, the normal way to interact with will be through an SQL client that connects to it; Google suggests SQL Server Management Studio and that connector libraries exist for popular languages. I'm not clear what you would do given a shell in the container, and my main recommendation here would be to focus on working with the server in the normal way.
Docker containers normally run a single process, and that's normally the main server process. In this case, the container runs only SQL Server. As some other answers here suggest, you'd need to significantly rearchitect the container to even have it be possible to run an ssh daemon, at which point you need to worry about a bunch of other things like ssh host keys and user accounts and passwords that a typical Docker image doesn't think about at all.
Also note that the Docker-internal IP address (what you got from ip addr; what docker inspect might tell you) is essentially useless. There are always better ways to reach a container (using inter-container DNS to communicate between containers; using the host's IP address or DNS name to reach published ports from the same or other hosts).
Basically, alter your Dockerfile to something like the following - that will install openssh-server, alter a prohibitive default configs and start the service:
# FROM a-image-with-mssql
RUN echo "root:toor" | chpasswd
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y openssh-server
COPY entrypoint.sh .
RUN cd /;wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/spekulant/e04521d6c6e1ccffbd3455c673518c5b/raw/1e4f6f2cb32caf3a4a9f73b02efdcbd5dde4ba7a/sshd_config
RUN rm /etc/ssh/sshd_config; cp sshd_config /etc/ssh/
ENTRYPOINT ["./entrypoint.sh"]
# further commands
Now you've got yourself an image with ssh server inside, all you have to do is start the service, you cant do RUN service ssh start because it won't work - docker specifics, refer to the documentation. You have to use a Entrypoint like the following:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
sh -c 'service ssh start'
exec "$#"
Put it in a file entrypoint.sh next to your Dockerfile - remember to chmod 755 entrypoint.sh it. There's one thing to mention here, you still wouldn't be able to ssh into the container - the default SSH server configuration doesn't allow login into root account using a password. So you either change the configs yourself and provide it to the image, or you can trust me and use the file I created - inspect it with the link from Dockerfile - nothing malicious there, only a change from prohibit-password to yes.
Fortunately for us - MSSQL official images start from Ubuntu so all the commands above fit perfectly into the environment.
Edit
Be sure to ask if something is unclear or I'm jumping too fast.

Cant connect to oracle db in docker with squirrel-sql

I tried to connect to oracle db 11 in docker (https://hub.docker.com/r/sath89/oracle-xe-11g/).
Started docker with command:
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 1521:1521 -e DEFAULT_SYS_PASS=sYs-p#ssw0rd sath89/oracle-xe-11g
From this description:
hostname: localhost
port: 1521
sid: xe
username: system
password: oracle
made an url - jdbc:oracle:thin:#192.168.99.100:1521:xe
With squirrel-sql have an error:
class java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-12705: Cannot access NLS data files or invalid environment specified
But if I try to connect with SQLplus thats ok:
docker exec -ti oracle_id sqlplus bash
sqlplus
The SquirrelSQL needs to have some NLS variables set before logging in. For the Docker connection, note that you have "bash" at the end of your command. This not only tells the connection that you'll be using bash shell, it sets up the environment to connect using the bash_rc, (and possibly a profile, too). You're coming from your local machine vs. an SSH, so the local machine is being used instead of the SSH.
I believe there is a squirrel-sql.bat file that could unset and then set the environment or better yet, let's just unset it in the registry and let the local connection take its course:
On your Windows maching:
Do a search for an NLS_LANG subkey in the registry: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE, rename it, save the change, reboot and retry.
I’m not familiar with Squirrel SQL, but you may also be missing a proper set up of the jar files. Look and see if your jar files are configured correctly, depending on your version, its going to look something like this:
%Oracle_\jdbc\lib\ojdbc.jar

How to access remotely PgAdmin4?

I Try access pgAdmin4 via browser instaled in another Notebook with Linux Ubuntu 16.04 in the same network in my house, but not access.
In localhost... Ok
But REMOTELY... DOES NOT ACCESS
You need to add the following config options:
DEFAULT_SERVER = '0.0.0.0'
in config_local.py (in "pgAdmin4" folder).
If you also want to change the default port then also add
DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT = 5050
First change the line in config.py from DEFAULT_SERVER = '127.0.0.1' to DEFAULT_SERVER = '0.0.0.0'
Config.py is located in the same directory as pgAdmin4:
sudo find / -name "*pgAdmin4"
Start pgAdmin4 in the same directory (use tmux or as service to keep in background):
sudo python3 pgAdmin4.py
If you don't know the login, you can delete/move this file and restart pgAdmin.py:
sudo find / -name "*pgadmin4.db"
This should work on both Ubuntu Server and Desktop. You should preferably keep the 127.0.0.1 and use nginx or Apache in front.
Weird enough, in my case I have to manually run the command
$ pgadmin4
and then the dashboard will be presented in the default browser automatically.
It seems you are trying to open pgadmin client at server.
I suggest you to install pgadmin client from where you want to connect this , add server in pgadmin and do connect.
Tested on ubuntu 20.04
apt install pgadmin4-apache2
nano /usr/share/pgadmin4/web/config.py
Change 127.0.0.1 by 0.0.0.0
Don't forget to copy the key in the shell when you launch pgadmin4 in the remote web browser by replacing 127.0.0.1 by pgadmin4 host IP
E.G. : Something like this in your remote web-browser
http://192.168.1.56:43223/?key=5f45c8ee-4593-41d0-9ae1-06d6dd1d8280
PS : If you don't find config.py
apt install mlocate
updatedb
locate pgadmin4 | grep config.py$
All commands are in root don't forget sudo if you are not root
On macOS, I figured out that pgAdmin 4 web interface uses the port 61886.
Try to access it using http://localhost:61886/browser.
If not, run the command netstat -atp tcp | grep -i "listen" and check what ports are listening.

PostgreSQL: How to create two instances in same window machine?

I need to have additional instance for our production server.
Is it possible?
Where to begin?
Using Postgresql 9.1 on Windows Server
If you already have the binaries, then adding a second instance ("cluster") is done by running initdb and then registering that new instance as a Windows service.
(I will not prefix the name of the executables with the path they are stored in. You need to either add the bin directory of the Postgres installation to your system wide PATH, use fully qualified names, or simply change into the bin directory to make it the current directory)
To do that, open a command line (cmd.exe) and use initdb to create the instance:
initdb -D c:\Data\PostgresInstance2 -W -A md5
-W makes initdb prompt you for the name and password to be used as the superuser of that instance - make sure you remember the username and passwords you have given. -D specifies where the cluster should be created. Do NOT create that under c:\Program Files.
Once the instance (cluster) is initialized edit c:\Data\PostgresInstance2\postgresql.conf to use a different port, e.g. port = 5433. If the instance should be reachable from the outside you also need to adjust listen_addresses.
You can check if everything works by manually starting the new instance:
pg_ctl start -D c:\Data\PostgresInstance2
Once you have change the port (and adjusted other configuration parameters) you can create a Windows service for the new cluster:
pg_ctl register -N postgres2 -D c:\Data\PostgresInstance2
The service will execute with the "Local Network Account", so you have to make sure the privileges on the data directory are setup properly.
#NewSheriff
Your start command for your second server needs to use the port you specified in config
e.g. if using port 5433 instead of port 5432
then adding:
-o "-p 5433"
to the end of your start-up command should get past the error message you mentioned

Are Independent instances of Postgresql possible

I want to install postgresql for use as the backend to a Windows application.
This seems to be no problem if postgresql is not already installed on the system.
If postgresql is already installed then unless the command line parameters contain the superpassword etc of the existing installation then the install fails.
As I will likely never know the superpassword or other account details of any pre-existing postgresql instances and the machine owners may not either it seems that this will frustrate any attempt to install postgresql in such a situation.
I believe it is possible to install completely independent instances of sql server but is this possible for postgresql?
BTW:
If the command line does contain the correct superpassword then the install just seems to overwrite the existing install and ignores parameters like --prefix etc .
I used init db to create a new database cluster before doing a second install but this new cluster was ignored?
In general you can have multiple independent instances of PostgreSQL. Strictly speaking it's database cluster with separate:
data directory
configuration (e.g. postgresql.conf, pg_hba.conf)
listening TCP/UDP port (default 5432+)
owner user and superuser role
locale and default encoding
log file
postmaster server process (on Windows postgres.exe)
Perfect well-done example is Debian with easy to use postgresql-common infrastructure (pg_ctlcluster, pg_lsclusters, pg_createcluster, pg_dropcluster, included SSL, log rotation and so on).
EDIT:
I found it's rather easy to install second, third, etc. instance of same versioned PostgreSQL under Windows with EnterpriseDB's installer, no need to use initdb and pg_ctl (assuming 64-bit installation, probably you need to use Program Files (x86) for 32-bit installation):
Open cmd with admin privileges (Run as Administrator)
Execute: cd "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\installer\server"
Create new database cluster (press Enter on every step): initcluster.vbs postgres postgres 12345 "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0" "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data2" 5433 DEFAULT
Register as Windows Service: startupcfg.vbs 9.0 postgres 12345 "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0" "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data2" postgresql-x64-9.0-2
Run newly created service postgresql-x64-9.0-2 using services.msc and you have second server
Change 12345 to your password specified during PostgreSQL installation. You don't have to use data2 directory, use whatever you like (but of course not existing data directory).
On Windows 7 I had success following these steps. You'll need the PsExec.exe utility available in the Sysinternals Suite. I assume here that the path to the Sysinternals Suite and the path to the bin folder of your existing PostgreSQL installation are in your PATH environment variable.
Open a cmd.exe window and enter the following command to open a prompt as the Network Service account.
psexec -i -u "nt authority\network service" cmd.exe
The Network Service account won't have access to your PATH, so cd 'C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin' and then enter the following command to initialize a data directory for your new instance. I've called mine "data2". It doesn't have to be in the postgres directory, but that's where the default data directory goes, so it's a reasonable choice.
initdb "C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2"
Edit C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2\postgresql.conf so that port = 5433 (the default instance uses 5432, and you shouldn't have two instances on the same port)
Leave the Network Service cmd prompt and in your standard prompt enter the following command to register the new service. Here I've named my new instance "pg_test"
pg_ctl register -N pg_test -U "nt authority\network service" -D "C:\PostgreSQL\9.3\data2"
Run the following command to start the service.
net start pg_test
The database owner role will be 'YOURMACHINENAME$'. If you want to change this to the standard 'postgres', you have to first create a new super user role that can rename the owner. From the command prompt, enter the following to create this super user.
createuser -s -r -l -i -P -h localhost -p 5433 -U YOURMACHINENAME$ mysuperuser
Finally, connect to the server with psql (psql -U mysuperuser -h localhost -p 5433 postgres) and enter the following commands to rename your database owner and add a password.
ALTER USER "YOURMACHINENAME$" RENAME TO postgres;
ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
Something like this should work (if not it's probably bug):
postgresql-9.0.4-1-windows_x64.exe ^
--mode unattended ^
--prefix c:\postgres\9.0-second ^
--servicename postgresql-x64-9.0-second ^
--serviceaccount postgres2 ^
--servicepassword <password> ^
--serverport 5433 ^
--superaccount postgres ^
--superpassword <password>
EDIT: after a couple of tests I believe it's not possible to create different Postgres instances of the same version using the One-click installer. Sorry.
OTOH you could always play with initdb and pg_ctl and use the existing installation to create a new instance. It would not be as easy as just starting the installer but it's doable.

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