Re: mystery with postgresql.auto.conf - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ian Lawrence Barwick
Subject Re: mystery with postgresql.auto.conf
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Msg-id CAB8KJ=jH9CRsX5r1-u1eVZ_FqMtWG=JdYMfBTfQwicATyEHVSw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: mystery with postgresql.auto.conf  (Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>)
Responses Re: mystery with postgresql.auto.conf  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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2024年4月10日(水) 21:40 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>:
>
> El día miércoles, abril 10, 2024 a las 09:08:56 +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick escribió:
>
> > > # cat postgresql151/data/postgresql.auto.conf
> > > # Do not edit this file manually!
> > > # It will be overwritten by the ALTER SYSTEM command.
> > > shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_tde'
> > >
> > > How is this possible? I only used in the 16.2 server the SQL commands:
> > >
> > > sisis=# CREATE EXTENSION pg_tde;
> > > sisis=# SELECT pg_tde_add_key_provider_file('file','/tmp/pgkeyring');
> > > sisis=# SELECT pg_tde_set_master_key('my-master-key','file');
> >
> > The simplest explanation is that you (or someone), when configuring pg_tde,
> > accidentally executed (as per the instructions [*]):
> >
> >      ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_tde';
> >
> > in the 15.1 instance, rather than the 16.2 instance. This will have
> > resulted in the
> > entry in the 15.1 postgresql.auto.conf.
>
> Here are my notes from the testing pg_tde:
>
> Install sisis-pap v73 and create a PostgreSQL 16.2 cluster the
> usual way, load a database dump into it (all done on
> srap21dxr1.dev.oclc.org)
>
> I followed exactly https://github.com/Percona-Lab/pg_tde?tab=readme-ov-file
>
> psql -Usisis sisis
> psql (16.2)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> sisis=# ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_tde';
>
> (PostgreSQL restart)
> ...
>
> The notes have been done by cut&paste into a text file. The psql
> was fired up against the 16.2 server as it says above. And we also
> have never two servers up at the same time.
>
> Maybe later I did it accidently against the 15.1 server from the psql
> history. I just tested it in the 15.1 server: it does not give any
> error:
>
> psql -Usisis sisis
> psql (15.1)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> sisis=# ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_tde';
> ALTER SYSTEM
> sisis=#
>
> and the file gets modified :-(
>
> Why it does not give an error because the shared lib isn't there?

ALTER SYSTEM is a way of modifying the PostgreSQL configuration file
via SQL; just as when you modify it manually, changes are not applied
until you actually reload the configuration.

See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altersystem.html

Regards

Ian Barwick



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