# postgres Module monitors one or more postgres servers. **Requirements:** * `python-psycopg2` package. You have to install it manually. Following charts are drawn: 1. **Database size** MB * size 2. **Current Backend Processes** processes * active 3. **Write-Ahead Logging Statistics** files/s * total * ready * done 4. **Checkpoints** writes/s * scheduled * requested 5. **Current connections to db** count * connections 6. **Tuples returned from db** tuples/s * sequential * bitmap 7. **Tuple reads from db** reads/s * disk * cache 8. **Transactions on db** transactions/s * committed * rolled back 9. **Tuples written to db** writes/s * inserted * updated * deleted * conflicts 10. **Locks on db** count per type * locks ### configuration ```yaml socket: name : 'socket' user : 'postgres' database : 'postgres' tcp: name : 'tcp' user : 'postgres' database : 'postgres' host : 'localhost' port : 5432 ``` When no configuration file is found, module tries to connect to TCP/IP socket: `localhost:5432`. ---