SV: Implementing pgaudit extension on Microsoft Windows

Thanks Tom

alter system set pgaudit.log = 'all'; -- Works, it results in 2019-02-12 08:51:49.109 CET [13560] LOG: parameter "pgaudit.log" changed to "all" after select pg_reload_conf();
alter system set pgaudit.logx = 'all'; -- Notice spelling error logx: Fails, it results immediately in 2019-02-12 08:53:04.412 CET [12856] ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "pgaudit.logx" 2019-02-12 08:53:04.412 CET [12856] STATEMENT: alter system set pgaudit.logx = 'all';

pgaudit is loaded, as show by:

localhost postgres(at)postgres#show shared_preload_libraries;
shared_preload_libraries
--------------------------
pgaudit
(1 row)

localhost postgres(at)postgres#

pgaudit.dll is locked py postgres.exe, if I try to remove it from the lib folder.

All looks normal, except no logs from auditing.

Regards Niels

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Sendt: 11. februar 2019 15:44
Til: Niels Jespersen <NJN(at)dst(dot)dk>
Cc: 'pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org' <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Emne: Re: Implementing pgaudit extension on Microsoft Windows

Niels Jespersen <NJN(at)dst(dot)dk> writes:
> Copied pgaudit.dll to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\11\lib Copied
> pgaudit.control and pgaudit--1.3.sql to C:\Program
> Files\PostgreSQL\11\share\extension
> Set shared_preload_libraries = 'pgaudit'
> Restart PostgreSQL
> Run "CREATE EXTENSION pgaudit;"
> alter system set pgaudit.log = 'all';
> select pg_reload_conf();

> Nothing enters the log-file from pgaudit. Creating tables (relations, sorry). Selecting from tables, nothing in the log.

Hm, what you describe above looks right.

> I can see that alter system set pgaudit.logx = 'all'; complains about "unrecognized configuration parameter", so something is known about pgaudit.

No, that means the postmaster *doesn't* have pgaudit loaded.

The fact that CREATE EXTENSION worked implies that you've got the library correctly built, so I think this must boil down to the "shared_preload_libraries" setting not having taken. You could cross-check that by seeing what "SHOW shared_preload_libraries"
prints.

I wonder if you forgot to remove the comment marker (#) on the shared_preload_libraries line?

regards, tom lane