Ram DBA <postgresdbas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> There are frequent errors in our postgresql.log.
> Though they aren't harmful to the database, would like to understand the
> cause of it.
> < 2016-12-12 15:29:09.036 PST >LOG: incomplete startup packet
> < 2016-12-12 15:30:09.037 PST >LOG: incomplete startup packet
> < 2016-12-12 15:31:09.037 PST >LOG: incomplete startup packet
Something's scanning your postmaster port once a second, ie, opening
a connection and then closing it without sending anything. If you
don't have a monitoring system that's supposed to be doing that,
it would behoove you to find out where that traffic is coming from.
regards, tom lane