#258 Document running as non-superuser on PostgreSQL versions 10 or newer. #590
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…ewer. Signed-off-by: juris.greitans <[email protected]>
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| data with the non-superuser. Only creating the views will leave out the most | ||
| important bits of data. | ||
| To be able to collect metrics from `pg_stat*` views as non-superuser in PostgreSQL | ||
| server versions >= 10 you can grant pg_monitor built-in role to the user. If |
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"you can grant the pg_monitor built-in role" I'd say, maybe also markup pg_monitor with backticks, like pg_stat* before.
Also, I guess technically the pg_read_all_stats role would suffice, so maybe mention both
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Fixed. PostgreSQL documentation says that pg_monitor is a member of pg_read_all_stats, that's why I went with pg_monitor.
Also, I added a link to pre-defined role documentation.
…about pre-defined roles. Signed-off-by: juris.greitans <[email protected]>
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Why is merging still blocked on this? |
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I guess my vote doesn't count for a lot |
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percona#258 Document running as non-superuser on PostgreSQL versions 10 or newer.
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Starting from version 10, PostgreSQL includes a built-in role
pg_monitormeant for use by monitoring tools. This PR adds documentation about granting the role when running postgres_exporter as non-superuser. Fixes #258.