Configuration
Manual
In my system (Arch Linux), the file is /var/lib/postgres/data/postgresql.conf.
- FILE LOCATIONS
- data_directory = /var/lib/postgres/data
- hba_file = /var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf
- ident_file = /var/lib/postgres/data/pg_ident.conf
- external_pid_file = ''
- CONNECTIONS AND AUTHENTICATION
- RESOURCE USAGE (except WAL)
- shared_buffers = 128MB
Resource Usage
The default shared_buffers = 128MB should be raised to between 15% and 25% of available RAM according to How to tune PostgreSQL for memory
Logging
Reporting deadlocks and resource exhaustion. — PostgreSQL Logging
The defaults are:
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORTING AND LOGGING
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# - Where to Log -
#log_destination = 'stderr' # Valid values are combinations of
# stderr, csvlog, jsonlog, syslog, and
# eventlog, depending on platform.
# csvlog and jsonlog require
# logging_collector to be on.
# This is used when logging to stderr:
#logging_collector = off # Enable capturing of stderr, jsonlog,
# and csvlog into log files. Required
# to be on for csvlogs and jsonlogs.
# (change requires restart)
# These are only used if logging_collector is on:
#log_directory = 'log' # directory where log files are written,
# can be absolute or relative to PGDATA
#log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log' # log file name pattern,
# can include strftime() escapes
#log_file_mode = 0600 # creation mode for log files,
# begin with 0 to use octal notation
#log_rotation_age = 1d # Automatic rotation of logfiles will
# happen after that time. 0 disables.
#log_rotation_size = 10MB # Automatic rotation of logfiles will
# happen after that much log output.
# 0 disables.
#log_truncate_on_rotation = off # If on, an existing log file with the
# same name as the new log file will be
# truncated rather than appended to.
# But such truncation only occurs on
# time-driven rotation, not on restarts
# or size-driven rotation. Default is
# off, meaning append to existing files
# in all cases.
# These are relevant when logging to syslog:
#syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
#syslog_ident = 'postgres'
#syslog_sequence_numbers = on
#syslog_split_messages = on
# This is only relevant when logging to eventlog (Windows):
# (change requires restart)
#event_source = 'PostgreSQL'
# - When to Log -
#log_min_messages = warning # values in order of decreasing detail:
# debug5
# debug4
# debug3
# debug2
# debug1
# info
# notice
# warning
# error
# log
# fatal
# panic
#log_min_error_statement = error # values in order of decreasing detail:
# debug5
# debug4
# debug3
# debug2
# debug1
# info
# notice
# warning
# error
# log
# fatal
# panic
#log_min_error_statement = error # values in order of decreasing detail:
# debug5
# debug4
# debug3
# debug2
# debug1
# info
# notice
# warning
# error
# log
# fatal
# panic (effectively off)
#log_min_duration_statement = -1 # -1 is disabled, 0 logs all statements
# and their durations, > 0 logs only
# statements running at least this number
# of milliseconds
#log_min_duration_sample = -1 # -1 is disabled, 0 logs a sample of statements
# and their durations, > 0 logs only a sample of
# statements running at least this number
# of milliseconds;
# sample fraction is determined by log_statement_sample_rate
#log_statement_sample_rate = 1.0 # fraction of logged statements exceeding
# log_min_duration_sample to be logged;
# 1.0 logs all such statements, 0.0 never logs
#log_transaction_sample_rate = 0.0 # fraction of transactions whose statements
# are logged regardless of their duration; 1.0 logs all
# statements from all transactions, 0.0 never logs
#log_startup_progress_interval = 10s # Time between progress updates for
# long-running startup operations.
# 0 disables the feature, > 0 indicates
# the interval in milliseconds.
# - What to Log -
#debug_print_parse = off
#debug_print_rewritten = off
#debug_print_plan = off
#debug_pretty_print = on
#log_autovacuum_min_duration = 10min # log autovacuum activity;
# -1 disables, 0 logs all actions and
# their durations, > 0 logs only
# actions running at least this number
# of milliseconds.
#log_checkpoints = on
#log_connections = off
#log_disconnections = off
#log_duration = off
#log_error_verbosity = default # terse, default, or verbose messages
#log_hostname = off
#log_line_prefix = '%m [%p] ' # special values:
# %a = application name
# %u = user name
# %d = database name
# %r = remote host and port
# %h = remote host
# %b = backend type
# %p = process ID
# %P = process ID of parallel group leader
# %t = timestamp without milliseconds
# %m = timestamp with milliseconds
# %n = timestamp with milliseconds (as a Unix epoch)
# %Q = query ID (0 if none or not computed)
# %i = command tag
# %e = SQL state
# %c = session ID
# %l = session line number
# %s = session start timestamp
# %v = virtual transaction ID
# %x = transaction ID (0 if none)
# %q = stop here in non-session
# processes
# %% = '%'
# e.g. '<%u%%%d> '
#log_lock_waits = off # log lock waits >= deadlock_timeout
#log_recovery_conflict_waits = off # log standby recovery conflict waits
# >= deadlock_timeout
#log_parameter_max_length = -1 # when logging statements, limit logged
# bind-parameter values to N bytes;
# -1 means print in full, 0 disables
#log_parameter_max_length_on_error = 0 # when logging an error, limit logged
# bind-parameter values to N bytes;
# -1 means print in full, 0 disables
#log_statement = 'none' # none, ddl, mod, all
#log_replication_commands = off
#log_temp_files = -1 # log temporary files equal or larger
# than the specified size in kilobytes;
# -1 disables, 0 logs all temp files
log_timezone = 'Africa/Johannesburg'
# - Process Title -
#cluster_name = '' # added to process titles if nonempty
# (change requires restart)
#update_process_title = on
My changes are:
log_destination = 'jsonlog'
logging_collector = on
Lock Mangement
Here I replaced the default #max_pred_locks_per_transaction = 64 to max_pred_locks_per_transaction = 1024. Not sure if this caused the following constant crashes due to insuficient memory.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCK MANAGEMENT
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#deadlock_timeout = 1s
max_locks_per_transaction = 1024 # min 10
# (change requires restart)
#max_pred_locks_per_transaction = 64 # min 10
# (change requires restart)
#max_pred_locks_per_relation = -2 # negative values mean
# (max_pred_locks_per_transaction
# / -max_pred_locks_per_relation) - 1
#max_pred_locks_per_page = 2 # min 0