# Password Authentication failed while running the server

**URL:** <https://community.taiga.io/t/password-authentication-failed-while-running-the-server/2052>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** issues, postgres\
**Created:** [October 25, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/password-authentication-failed-while-running-the-server/2052 "2023-10-25T04:12:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rutuja\_Nar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.taiga.io/rutuja_nar/32/1604_2.png) [@Rutuja\_Nar](https://community.taiga.io/u/Rutuja_Nar)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/password-authentication-failed-while-running-the-server/2052/1 "2023-10-25T04:12:26Z")

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I am trying to configure taiga on localhost with source code .At start while creating taiga database i had put password which is same as django password and as well as machine paasword . Still it shows password authentication failed for user taiga . Given below is the command and after which it shows errror

command :- python manage.py migrate --noinput  
output :-

 ![taiga issue](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/taiga/original/2X/6/6cf33185e3ea214765b625b87cd5ee511b4d619f.jpeg)

I have done some changes in pg\_hba file

# Database administrative login by Unix domain socket

local all postgres peer

# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD

# “local” is for Unix domain socket connections only

local all all md5

# IPv4 local connections:

host all all 127.0.0.1/32 scram-sha-256

# IPv6 local connections:

host all all ::1/128 scram-sha-256

# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the

# replication privilege.

local replication all peer  
host replication all 127.0.0.1/32 scram-sha-256  
host replication all ::1/128 scram-sha-256  
local all taiga peer  
local all taiga md5  
local all taiga peer  
host taiga taiga 127.0.0.1/32 md5

Here the password is same as the password of Taiga database user , postgres and django as well as machine. Below is the output when i try to access postgres with the same password

(.venv) internship02@DESKTOP-T6U948E:~/taiga-back$ su - postgres  
Password:  
postgres@DESKTOP-T6U948E:~$ psql -U taiga  
Password for user taiga:  
psql (14.9 (Ubuntu 14.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1))  
Type “help” for help.

taiga=\>

(.venv) internship02@DESKTOP-T6U948E:~/taiga-back$ su - postgres  
Password:  
postgres@DESKTOP-T6U948E:~$ psql  
psql (14.9 (Ubuntu 14.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1))  
Type “help” for help.

postgres=#

 ![psql](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/taiga/original/2X/f/f7c270d2ac04b7ff166467c6a3048b880ae1b956.jpeg)

I have checked the port and tried to restart the server as well and checked the server status as well it shows server online .

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**Author:** ![daniel.herrero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.taiga.io/daniel.herrero/32/301_2.png) [@daniel.herrero](https://community.taiga.io/u/daniel.herrero)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/password-authentication-failed-while-running-the-server/2052/2 "2023-10-31T08:40:15Z")

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Hi @Rutuja_Nar,

If you can connect to the database using the psql client you should be able to connect from Taiga using the same user, database and port. I would initially discard a postgres configuration problem in the `pg_hba.conf` file.

What’s your DATABASES connection value in your Taiga’s back-end config file?  
`settings/config.py`

```python
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'taiga',
        'USER': 'taiga',
        'PASSWORD': 'xxxxx',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

```

Other than that, ensure you have follow all the postgres and database configuration steps from the [installation guide](https://docs.taiga.io/setup-production.html#_configuring_postgresql_and_rabbitmq).