1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/utils.sh b/scripts/utils.sh
index e896fe40e06..ae071b98b43 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@ function retry() {
 
 function test_url() {
   local url="${1}"
-  local curl_output="${2}"
   local status
 
-  status=$(curl -s -o "${curl_output}" -L -w ''%{http_code}'' "${url}")
+  status=$(curl --output /dev/null -L -s -w ''%{http_code}'' "${url}")
 
   if [[ $status == "200" ]]; then
     return 0
+  else
+    # We display the error in the job to allow for better debugging
+    curl -L --fail --output /dev/null "${url}"
+    echo -e "\nExpected HTTP status 200: received ${status}\n"
+    return 1
   fi
-
-  return 1
 }
 
 function bundle_install_script() {
@@ -59,9 +61,14 @@ function setup_db_user_only() {
   source scripts/create_postgres_user.sh
 }
 
+function setup_db_praefect() {
+  createdb -h postgres -U postgres --encoding=UTF8 --echo praefect_test
+}
+
 function setup_db() {
   run_timed_command "setup_db_user_only"
   run_timed_command_with_metric "bundle exec rake db:drop db:create db:structure:load db:migrate gitlab:db:setup_ee" "setup_db"
+  run_timed_command "setup_db_praefect"
 }
 
 function install_api_client_dependencies_with_apk() {