edgedb initial setup

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EdgeDB on Fly · Fly Docs - following this tutorial step by step, where instead of using the default edgedb image I had append to the default image so to add my schema. i added the custom image by having the Dockerfile in my local directory and running flyctl launch.

this is the only deviance from the tutorial.

after running flyctl deploy, i get this log output -


2023-01-04T19:13:46.190 runner[965e1b9e] fra [info] Starting instance

2023-01-04T19:13:48.650 runner[965e1b9e] fra [info] Unpacking image

2023-01-04T19:13:48.655 runner[965e1b9e] fra [info] Preparing kernel init

2023-01-04T19:13:49.007 runner[965e1b9e] fra [info] Configuring firecracker

2023-01-04T19:13:49.107 runner[965e1b9e] fra [info] Starting virtual machine

2023-01-04T19:13:49.375 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] Starting init (commit: f447594)...

2023-01-04T19:13:49.401 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] Preparing to run: `docker-entrypoint.sh edgedb-server` as root

2023-01-04T19:13:49.425 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] 2023/01/04 19:13:49 listening on [fdaa:1:1a8a:a7b:86:965e:1b9e:2]:22 (DNS: [fdaa::3]:53)

2023-01-04T19:13:49.476 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint-funcs.sh: line 686: postgres://postgres:XXXXXXXXXX@studylog-postgres.internal:5432: invalid variable name

2023-01-04T19:13:50.410 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] Starting clean up.

where the error is specfically this

2023-01-04T19:13:49.476 app[965e1b9e] fra [info] /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint-funcs.sh: line 686: postgres://postgres:XXXXXXXXXX@studylog-postgres.internal:5432: invalid variable name

where the postgres url is set to the ‘EDGEDB_SERVER_BACKEND_DSN_ENV’ secret, as mentioned in the tutorial.

pretty clueless, any ideas?

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Hopefully you’ve figured it out. When you attach the current app (edgedb) to your postgres machine,
you should get something along the lines of:

Postgres cluster mypostgres is now attached to roameedgedb
The following secret was added to myedgedb:
  DATABASE_URL=postgres://.........

Where DATABASE_URL was already added as a environment var to your myedgedb app – meaning the setting of the secret of EDGEDB_SERVER_BACKEND_DSN_ENV is looking for another secret environment… It’s confusing. You just need to run their command exactly as written.

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