Kobo server is not starting

[Kal_Lam]

Welcome back to the community, @fanar! Maybe this post discussed previously should be helpful for you to troubleshoot:

New Version does not allow special characters in DB passwords

The issue When trying to upgrade to the latest version (2.022.24) from my previously installed version (2.021.45), I get the following error when entering my Database passwords during the setup process initiated by python3 run.py --setup: Rules: Alphanumeric characters only, 8 characters minimum My DB passwords for Postgres, MongoDB and Redis all contain special characters. Upon entering new passwords without special characters during the installation, the database fails to connect, as is exp…