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Mastering PostgreSQL 10

You're reading from Mastering PostgreSQL 10 Expert techniques on PostgreSQL 10 development and administration

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788472296

Length 428 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C

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PostgreSQL

Concepts

Database Administration

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. PostgreSQL Overview FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding Transactions and Locking

3. Making Use of Indexes

4. Handling Advanced SQL

5. Log Files and System Statistics

6. Optimizing Queries for Good Performance

7. Writing Stored Procedures

8. Managing PostgreSQL Security

9. Handling Backup and Recovery

10. Making Sense of Backups and Replication

11. Deciding on Useful Extensions

12. Troubleshooting PostgreSQL

13. Migrating to PostgreSQL

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Index

Creating log files

After taking a deep look at the system views provided by PostgreSQL, it is time to configure logging. Fortunately, PostgreSQL provides an easy way to work with log files and helps people to set up a good configuration easily.

Collecting logs is important because it can point to errors and potential database problems.

The postgresql.conf file has all the parameters you need to provide you with all the information.

Configuring the postgresql.conf file

In this section, we will go through some of the most important entries in the postgresql.conf file to configure logging and see how logging can be used in the most beneficial way.

Before we get started, I want to say a few words about logging in PostgreSQL in general. On Unix systems, PostgreSQL will send log information to stderr by default. However, stderr is not a good place for logs to go because you will surely want to inspect the log stream at some point. Therefore, it really makes sense to work through this chapter to adjust...

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