PostgreSQL Wait Events Test

How often should the test be executed

The IP address of the host for which this test is to be configured.

The port on which the server is listening. The default port is 5432.

This list box appears only if one or more password profiles are created for the target host. Typically, to protect the critical servers/services from malicious attacks by online predators, administrators of secured IT environments frequently change the access credentials for the critical servers and services. Once a password is changed, all tests that take that password as a parameter will stop working, until such time the administrator manually reconfigures each test and changes the password. To avoid such anomalies and save administrators the time and effort involved in manually changing the password of tests, eG Enterprise allows the creation of one/more password profiles. With the password profiles, administrators no longer need to manually configure the credentials; instead, they only need to select the Password Profile that contains the credentials to be passed to the test. This means that if a password changes/expires subsequently, it would suffice to change the corresponding Password Profile alone. All the tests configured with that Password Profile will automatically assume the new password.

Once, you select a password profile from the Password Profile list box, the user credentials will be automatically populated in the corresponding text boxes that follow the Password profile list box. If you do not want to use the password profiles, then, you can ignore selecting the password profile from the list box and manually configure the user credentials.

In order to monitor a PostgreSQL server, you need to manually create a special database user account in every PostgreSQL database instance that requires monitoring. To know how to create such a user based on where the target PostgreSQL server is installed (whether on-premises or hosted on Cloud), refer to How does eG Enterprise Monitor PostgreSQL Server?.

The password associated with the above Username (can be ‘NULL’). Here, ‘NULL’ means that the user does not have any password.

Confirm the Password (if any) by retyping it here.

The name of the database to connect to. The default is “postgres”.

If the PostgreSQL server being monitored is an SSL-enabled server, then set the SSL flag to Yes. If not, then set the SSL flag to No.

If the eG agent is required to establish an encrypted connection with the target PostGreSQL Database server by authenticating the server's identity through verifying the server CA certificate, set Verify CA flag to Yes. By default, this flag is set to No.

This parameter is applicable only if the target PostGreSQL Database is SSL-enabled.The certificate file is a public-key certificate following the x.509 standard. It contains information about the identity of the server, such as its name, geolocation, and public key. Each nodes of the target cluster can have individual certificate files or a single certificate can be used to access all the nodes in the cluster. Essentially, it’s a certificate that the server serves to the connecting users to prove that they are what they claim to be. Therefore, specify the full path to the server root certificate or certificate file that is signed by the CA in .crt file format for all/each node in the CA Cert File text box. For example, the location of this file may be: C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\PostGreQL-test-ca.crt. By default, this parameter is set to none.

This parameter specification differs according to the type of cluster and configuration:

If the certificate file is available for each node of the PostGreSQL Cluster then, provide a comma-seperated list of full path to the certificates in CA Cert File text box:

For example:C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\postgresql-test-ca.crt,C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\postgresql-test-ca2.crt,C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\postgresql-test-ca3.crt

Specify the full path to the certificate file of the target PostGreSQL Database if a single certificate is used to access all nodes.

For example: C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\postgresql-test-ca.crt

This parameter is applicable only if the target PostGreSQL Database is SSL-enabled. In order to collect metrics from the target MongoDB cluster, the eG agent requires client certificate in .p12 format. Hence, specify the full path to the Client certificate file in .p12 format in the Client Cert File text box. For example, the location of this file may be: C:\app\eGurkha\JRE\lib\security\test-client.p12.

A client key file refers to a file containing the private key that corresponds to the public key used by a client. Provide full path of the file containing client key.

By default, the detailed diagnosis of this test reports the top-5 queries. This is why, the DDCount parameter is set to 5 by default. If you want detailed diagnosis to display less or more number of top queries, then change the DDCount.