Description of problem: The script has several issues. The documentation states that the only prerequisite is to have a database account having a password set. This misses that a database must exist (CREATE DATABASE xxx;). When I execute spacewalk-setup it will fail to populate db because there is no Language plpgsql. Therefore I switched to psql and created the language with CREATE LANGAUGE plpgsql; Then i try again and this time the populate log will tell me 'relation xyz already exists'. I therefore delete the database and the language und recreate them. The next attempt I will get the 'no language plpgsql' error again (despite created as found in pg documentation) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.7 How reproducible: https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall Actual results: Failed to populate database. Expected results: database populated. Additional info: I therefore think either there is a bug in 'spacewalk-setup' or the HowToInstall is missing some steps specific for postgres when it comes to the language.
https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall#PostgreSQLPre-Requisites In order to get Spacewalk to run with PostgreSQL database backend, you need PostgreSQL 8.4 server installed on the same or different machine. Use PostgreSQLServerSetup as a guide to get the server installed and setup. and the https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/PostgreSQLServerSetup gives step by step instructions, addressing all issues you mention.