What to log

Nikolay and Michael discuss logging in Postgres — mostly what to log, and why changing quite a few settings can pay off big time in the long term.

Here are some links to things they mentioned:

• What to log https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-logging.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-LOGGING-WHAT
• Our episode about Auditing https://postgres.fm/episodes/auditing
• Our episode on auto_explain https://postgres.fm/episodes/auto_explain

Here are the parameters they mentioned changing:

• log_checkpoints
• log_autovacuum_min_duration
• log_statement
• log_connections and log_disconnections
• log_lock_waits
• log_temp_files
• log_min_duration_statement
• log_min_duration_sample and log_statement_sample_rate

And finally, some very useful tools they meant to mention but forgot to!

• https://pgpedia.info
• https://postgresqlco.nf
• https://why-upgrade.depesz.com/show?from=16.9&to=17.5

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Postgres FM is produced by:

• Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
• Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai

With credit to:

• Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork