Audit archiving parameters v17

These configuration parameters are used by the EDB Postgres Advanced Server database audit archiving feature.

edb_audit_archiver

Parameter type: Enum

Default value: false

Range: {true | false}

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Restart

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Enables or disables database audit archiving.

edb_audit_archiver_timeout

Parameter type: Integer

Default value: 300s

Range: 30s to 1d

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Enforces a timeout in seconds when a database attempts to archive a log file.

edb_audit_archiver_filename_prefix

Parameter type: String

Default value: audit-

Range: n/a

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the file name of an audit log file that needs to be archived. The file name must align with the edb_audit_filename parameter. The audit files with edb_audit_archiver_filename_prefix in the edb_audit_directory are eligible for compression or expiration.

edb_audit_archiver_compress_time_limit

Parameter type: Integer

Default value: -1

Allowed value: 0, -1, or any positive number value in seconds

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the time in seconds after which audit logs are eligible for compression. The possible values to set this parameter are:

• 0. Compression starts as soon as the log file isn't a current file.
• -1. Compression of the log file on a timely basis doesn't occur.

edb_audit_archiver_compress_size_limit

Parameter type: Integer

Default value: -1

Allowed value: 0, -1, or any positive number value in megabytes

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies a file size threshold in megabytes, after which audit logs are eligible for compression. If the parameter is set to -1, no compression of the log file occurs based on size.

edb_audit_archiver_compress_command

Parameter type: String

Default value: gzip %p

Range: n/a

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the command to execute compressing of the audit log files. The default value for edb_audit_archiver_compress_command is gzip %p. The gzip provides a standard method of compressing files. The %p in the string is replaced by the path name of the file to archive.

edb_audit_archiver_compress_suffix

Parameter type: String

Default value: .gz

Range: n/a

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the file name of an already compressed log file. The file name must align with edb_audit_archiver_compress_command. The default file name is .gz.

edb_audit_archiver_expire_time_limit

Parameter type: Integer

Default value: -1

Allowed value: 0, -1, or any positive number value in seconds

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the time in seconds after which audit logs are eligible to expire. The possible values to set this parameter are:

• 0. Expiration starts as soon as the log file isn't a current file.
• -1. Expiration of the log file on a timely basis doesn't occur.

edb_audit_archiver_expire_size_limit

Parameter type: Integer

Default value: -1

Allowed value: 0, -1, or any positive number value in megabytes

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies a file size threshold in megabytes, after which audit logs are eligible to expire. If the parameter is set to -1, no expiration of a log file based on size occurs.

edb_audit_archiver_expire_command

Parameter type: String

Default value: ''

Range: n/a

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Specifies the command to execute on an expired audit log file before removal.

edb_audit_archiver_sort_file

Parameter type: String

Default value: mtime

Range: n/a

Minimum scope of effect: Cluster

When value changes take effect: Reload

Required authorization to activate: EDB Postgres Advanced Server service account

Identifies the oldest log file to sort alphabetically or based on mtime.

• mtime sorts files based on file modification time.
• alphabetic sorts files alphabetically based on the file name.