What are the minimum required permissions for pg_isready
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Hello,
The documentation does not specify what are the minimum required permissions
for setting up pg_isready .
I was wondering if this could be added so devops teams know how to create a
user that is used only for monitoring postgresql.
I assume this user will need to connect and nothing else ?
I also assume we would need to drop public access for that user ?
Thanks,
Eugen
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
The documentation does not specify what are the minimum required permissions
for setting up pg_isready .
There are none. Per the documentation:
It is not necessary to supply correct user name, password, or
database name values to obtain the server status; however, if
incorrect values are provided, the server will log a failed
connection attempt.
If you don't want log spam about failed connections, you'd need
a user with privilege to connect to the mentioned database.
Otherwise, not.
regards, tom lane