PostgreSQL

Note
This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

Supported Platforms 

Platform Metrics Logs Traces
Linux
Windows
macOS

Prerequisites 

This source supports PostgreSQL versions 10.18 and higher.

The monitoring user must be granted SELECT on pg_stat_database.

Configuration Table 

Parameter Type Default Description
telemetry_types telemetrySelector ["Logs", "Metrics"] Choose Telemetry Type.
postgresql_log_path strings For CentOS / RHEL: - \"/var/log/postgresql/postgresql_.log\" \nFor SLES: - \"/var/lib/pgsql/data/log/postgresql_.log\" \nFor Debian / Ubuntu: - \"/var/lib/pgsql/_/data/log/postgresql_.log\" Path to Postgres log file(s).
start_at enum end Start reading the file from the ‘beginning’ or ’end’.
username* string Username used to authenticate.
password* string Password used to authenticate.
endpoint string localhost:5432 The endpoint of the Postgres server. If transport is set to unix, the endpoint will internally be translated from host:port to /host.s.PGSQL.port.
transport enum tcp The transport protocol used to connect to Postgres. Valid values are tcp, or unix.
databases strings The list of databases for which the receiver will attempt to collect statistics. If an empty list is provided, the receiver will attempt to collect statistics for all databases.
collection_interval int 60 Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.
enable_tls bool false Whether or not to use TLS.
enable_tlsinsecure_skip_verify bool false Enable to skip TLS certificate verification.
ca_file string Certificate authority used to validate the database server’s TLS certificate.
cert_file string A TLS certificate used for client authentication, if mutual TLS is enabled.
key_file string A TLS private key used for client authentication, if mutual TLS is enabled.