config output

{ driver: 
   { type: 'postgres',
     host: 'services.dev.vms',
     port: 5432,
     username: 'postgres',
     password: 'postgres',
     database: 'postgres' },
  autoSchemaSync: true,
  entities: [ '/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/dist/data/entities/*.js' ],
  logging: { logSchemaCreation: true, logQueries: true } }

full log

[2017-07-27T06:18:51.568Z]  INFO: testapp-api/16083 on bigboss: Initializing server.
executing query: SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_catalog = 'postgres' AND table_schema = 'public' AND table_name IN ('projects')
executing query: SELECT * FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_catalog = 'postgres' AND table_schema = 'public'
executing query: SELECT t.relname AS table_name, i.relname AS index_name, a.attname AS column_name  FROM pg_class t, pg_class i, pg_index ix, pg_attribute a
WHERE t.oid = ix.indrelid AND i.oid = ix.indexrelid AND a.attrelid = t.oid
AND a.attnum = ANY(ix.indkey) AND t.relkind = 'r' AND t.relname IN ('projects') ORDER BY t.relname, i.relname
executing query: SELECT table_name, constraint_name FROM information_schema.table_constraints WHERE table_catalog = 'postgres' AND constraint_type = 'FOREIGN KEY'
executing query: SELECT * FROM information_schema.table_constraints WHERE table_catalog = 'postgres' AND constraint_type = 'UNIQUE'
executing query: SELECT c.column_name, tc.table_name, tc.constraint_name FROM information_schema.table_constraints tc
JOIN information_schema.constraint_column_usage AS ccu USING (constraint_schema, constraint_name)
JOIN information_schema.columns AS c ON c.table_schema = tc.constraint_schema AND tc.table_name = c.table_name AND ccu.column_name = c.column_name
where constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY' and tc.table_catalog = 'postgres'
executing query: START TRANSACTION
creating a new table: projects
executing query: CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS "public";CREATE TABLE "projects" ("id" SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY)
executing query: COMMIT
{ EntityMetadataAlreadySetError: Entity metadata for Function with projects table name has been already set to this Function
    at new EntityMetadataAlreadySetError (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/typeorm/metadata/error/EntityMetadataAlreadySetError.js:19:28)
    at TableMetadata.set [as entityMetadata] (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/typeorm/metadata/TableMetadata.js:51:23)
    at _clone (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1210:18)
    at _clone (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1210:20)
    at _clone (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1210:20)
    at _clone (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1210:20)
    at _clone (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1210:20)
    at Config.cloneDeep (/home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1217:10)
    at /home/ed/Development/testapp/api/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:1477:32
    at Array.forEach (native)
  name: 'EntityMetadataAlreadySetError',
  message: 'Entity metadata for Function with projects table name has been already set to this Function' }

index.ts

import * as _ from 'lodash';

import 'reflect-metadata';
import { createConnection, Connection } from 'typeorm';

import { Config } from 'convict';

export async function buildDatabaseConnection(config: Config): Promise<Connection> {
  const primaryConfig = config.get("db.primary");
  const fullConfig = 
    _.merge(
      {},
      primaryConfig,
      { 
        entities: [ __dirname + "/entities/*.js" ],
        logging: {
          logSchemaCreation: true,
          logQueries: true
        }
      }
    );


  const connection = await createConnection(fullConfig);
  return connection;
}

Project.ts

import {
  Entity, Index,
  PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column,
  OneToMany, ManyToOne, OneToOne, ManyToMany
} from "typeorm";

@Entity("projects")
export class Project {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn({ type: "bigint" })
  id: number;
}