Debian 13 bacula install failed on dbconfig

Sorry, I started doing this yesterday but couldn't finish, I did the 
usual apt install on bacula and failed multiple times during dbconfig. I 
don't remember the various errors. At one point I did a reboot then had 
to leave. The bacula log is filled with repeats of these messages coming 
every minute or two:

9-Aug 20:28 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog 
"MyCatalog", database "bacula".
29-Aug 20:28 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: postgresql.c:435 Unable to 
connect to PostgreSQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula
Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; 
max_connections exceeded.
29-Aug 20:28 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION
Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

# ps aux | grep sql
mysql       1257  0.0  0.1 1835576 53452 ?       Ssl  Aug21   2:20 
/usr/sbin/mariadbd
postgres  363420  0.0  0.0 218012 29200 ?        Ss   Aug28   0:01 
/usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/17/main -c 
config_file=/etc/postgresql/17/main/postgresql.conf
root      439433  0.0  0.0   6528  2204 pts/0    S+   20:42   0:00 grep sql


I'm also running mariadb for nextcloud but thought it would be better to 
stick with the default postgesql for now. Not sure if bacula can use 
mariadb but if it can, that would be a later tuning adjustment (that 
could go either way - if nextcloud can use postgesql).

Anyway, I can't log into the database using an ssh connection to the 
server with the command:
    psql -d <bacula db name> -U <bacula user name>

psql: error: connection to server on socket 
"/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL:  Peer authentication 
failed for user <bacula user name>

I'm guessing I have to uninstall/purge and go back and try again, but I 
don't want to keep hitting the same error. Does anyone have any 
experience with bacula on Debian 13 and/or dbconfig errors that might 
help me complete the install properly?

Thanks.

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