Re: Implementing pgaudit extension on Microsoft Windows

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Niels Jespersen <NJN(at)dst(dot)dk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Implementing pgaudit extension on Microsoft Windows
Date: 2019-02-12 08:00:51
Message-ID: CAFj8pRCJi9ptk3rd+u9DkJ0bw+EdoezFpdPzXVkQqsn=0=eYcQ@mail.gmail.com
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út 12. 2. 2019 v 8:59 odesílatel Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
napsal:

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> út 12. 2. 2019 v 8:57 odesílatel Niels Jespersen <NJN(at)dst(dot)dk> napsal:
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>> 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.
>>
>
> and it doesn't work too if you use postgresql.conf?
>

don't forget reload

select pg_reload_conf();

> Pavel
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>

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