Re: order of reading the conf files

Greetings,

* Thomas Kellerer (spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net) wrote:
> Stephen Frost schrieb am 06.12.2018 um 15:52:
> > The regular postgresql.conf file is read first, then
> > postgresql.auto.conf and then pg_hba.conf and pg_ident.conf. We can't
> > read pg_hba.conf/pg_ident.conf before reading postgresql.conf and
> > postgresql.auto.conf because their location is specified in
> > postgresql.conf/postgresql.auto.conf.
>
> When are the .conf files read that are included from within "postgresql.conf"?
> The manual is not clear about that.

At the time we hit the 'include' line.

> Are they processed before "postgresql.auto.conf" or after?

postgresql.auto.conf is always last.

Thanks!

Stephen