django.db.utils.OperationalError Could not connect to server

I am not sure how to fix this issue

I have no idea why I am getting this error when I try to runserver:

Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
Unhandled exception in thread started by <function wrapper at 0x1085589b0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 222, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 107, in inner_run
    self.check_migrations()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 159, in check_migrations
    executor = MigrationExecutor(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS])
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 17, in __init__
    self.loader = MigrationLoader(self.connection)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 49, in __init__
    self.build_graph()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 184, in build_graph
    self.applied_migrations = recorder.applied_migrations()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 59, in applied_migrations
    self.ensure_schema()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 49, in ensure_schema
    if self.Migration._meta.db_table in self.connection.introspection.get_table_list(self.connection.cursor()):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 165, in cursor
    cursor = self.make_debug_cursor(self._cursor())
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 138, in _cursor
    self.ensure_connection()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 133, in ensure_connection
    self.connect()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 94, in __exit__
    six.reraise(dj_exc_type, dj_exc_value, traceback)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 133, in ensure_connection
    self.connect()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 122, in connect
    self.connection = self.get_new_connection(conn_params)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py", line 134, in get_new_connection
    return Database.connect(**conn_params)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 164, in connect
    conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, async=async)
django.db.utils.OperationalError: could not connect to server: Connection refused
        Is the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting
        TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

When I try to connect to postgres:

psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
        Is the server running locally and accepting
        connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

settings.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'beerad',
        'USER': 'bli1',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

Solution

It can be some issues:

PostgreSQL is not running. Check it with sudo service postgresql status
Your PostgresSQl is not running on port 5432. You can check it typing sudo netstat -nl | grep postgres
You have something wrong trying to connect to your db like the username, the password or the databasename. Check that they are what postgres ask for you to connect it and that is the db_name that you want to access to.
Problems with postmaster.pid in postgres. It can happen because of a shutdown unproperly done. It makes to remind a pid alive that doesn't allow your server start. To fix it you have to:
```
 * rm /usr/local/var/postgres/postmaster.pid 
 * pg_resetxlog -f /usr/local/var/postgres
```
After this it should run properly if you make the runserver of postgres

Help in Mac OSX: How to start PostgreSQL server on Mac OS X?