prometheus-community / prometheus-community/postgres_exporter

collector.postmaster is disabled by default

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Description

What did you do?
Download postgres_exporter with version 0.13.2 and run "./postgres_exporter --help", noticed:

--[no-]collector.postmaster Enable the postmaster collector (default: disabled)

What did you expect to see?
[no-]collector.postmaster Enable the postmaster collector (default: enabled).

What did you see instead? Under which circumstances?
--[no-]collector.postmaster Enable the postmaster collector (default: disabled)

Environment
postgres_exporter 0.13.2

  • System information:
    Linux 4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64 x86_64

  • postgres_exporter version:
    0.13.2

  • postgres_exporter flags:

--help
  • PostgreSQL version:
    Did not run yet

  • Logs:
    Did not run yet

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at the ./postgres_exporter --help entry point and locate the definition of the --collector.postmaster flag. Compare the current default with the requested enabled default, then rerun the help command to verify that it reports the intended behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, postgres
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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