Thread: configuring the postmaster.log
Hello,
I'm confused about the logging destination parameters in postgresql.conf
My Problem is that the postmaster.log is getting too large and I want to roll it (once per day)
Following parameters apply to optional postgresql...log.
log_rotation_age = 1440
log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H.log'
Is there a way to use a similar definition for the postmaster.log ?
When I generate postgresql...log files, are log messages written in both
postmaster.log and postgresql.log ?
postmaster.log and postgresql.log ?
I guess I don't understand the meaning of these two different logging destination.
Moreover, I'm catching the error stream in a perl application to log errors:
$sth = $dbh->prepare( "select ..." );
$sth->execute ()||
print (STDERR "PG error:" . $sth->errstr ."\n") && exit 1;
$sth->finish;
Will I still get the postgres error in perl if I set redirect_stderr = on in postgresql.conf ?
$sth->execute ()||
print (STDERR "PG error:" . $sth->errstr ."\n") && exit 1;
$sth->finish;
Will I still get the postgres error in perl if I set redirect_stderr = on in postgresql.conf ?
Thanks,
Marc
Marc Mamin wrote: > Hello, > > > I'm confused about the logging destination parameters in postgresql.conf > > > My Problem is that the postmaster.log is getting too large and I want > to roll it (once per day) > > Following parameters apply to optional postgresql...log. > > > log_rotation_age = 1440 > log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H.log' > > > Is there a way to use a similar definition for the postmaster.log ? That is for the postmaster log - AFAIK there's only one log destination (syslog or a standard file.) > > When I generate postgresql...log files, are log messages written in both > postmaster.log and postgresql.log ? I've never come across there being two files - "log_filename" says where log messages are written - there aren't two files (AFAIK). Have you got an stderr redirect that sends all postmaster output on stderr to your own log file? If so, set silent mode on the log configuration in your postgresql.conf to get the same effect - only it will appear in the main postgresql log file defined by log_filename. > > I guess I don't understand the meaning of these two different logging > destination. > > > Moreover, I'm catching the error stream in a perl application to log > errors: > > $sth = $dbh->prepare( "select ..." ); > $sth->execute ()|| > print (STDERR "PG error:" . $sth->errstr ."\n") && exit 1; > $sth->finish; > > Will I still get the postgres error in perl if I set redirect_stderr = > on in postgresql.conf ? Setting "redirect_stderr = on" will mean that all errors that would normally appear on the console that started the Postmaster will be sent to log_filename instead.. -- Andy Shellam NetServe Support Team the Mail Network "an alternative in a standardised world"
Sorry , my mistake: The "postmaster.log" that I mentioned is defined in our Postgres start script: startproc -u <@DB_USER@> $PGSQL_BIN -D <@INSTALL_DIR@>/postgresql-data \ >> <@INSTALL_DIR@>/postgresql/postmaster.log 2>&1 Marc
"Marc Mamin" <M.Mamin@intershop.de> writes: > Sorry , my mistake: > The "postmaster.log" that I mentioned is defined in our Postgres start > script: > startproc -u <@DB_USER@> $PGSQL_BIN -D <@INSTALL_DIR@>/postgresql-data \ > <@INSTALL_DIR@>/postgresql/postmaster.log 2>&1 That file will be used until the postmaster has launched the error-logger subprocess, and never again. There is no situation where the same log message would be written to both places. regards, tom lane