Question

error validating app spec field "databases.version": "14" is not a supported database version

Posted on April 28, 2023
DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL Database
Asked by ccrsh

Here’s my spec.yml

name: zero2prod
region: nyc
services:
  - name: zero2prod
    dockerfile_path: Dockerfile
    source_dir: .
    github:
      branch: main
      deploy_on_push: true
      repo: my_name/zero_to_prod
    health_check:
      http_path: /health_check
    http_port: 8000
    instance_count: 1
    instance_size_slug: basic-xxs
    routes:
      - path: /
databases:
  - engine: PG
    name: newsletter
    num_nodes: 1
    size: db-s-dev-database
    version: "14"

Why is it saying 14 is not a valid version when I can create it from the UI?

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• May 9, 2023

Hi there,

I believe that the problem is due to the fact that you are using a dev database. With dev databases, you don’t get the complete version list available.

In case that you need Postgres 14 specifically, it is best to use a Managed database cluster rather than a dev database cluster: