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Chapter 17. Server Configuration

Table of Contents
17.1. Setting Parameters
17.2. File Locations
17.3. Connections and Authentication
17.3.1. Connection Settings
17.3.2. Security and Authentication
17.4. Resource Consumption
17.4.1. Memory
17.4.2. Free Space Map
17.4.3. Kernel Resource Usage
17.4.4. Cost-Based Vacuum Delay
17.4.5. Background Writer
17.5. Write Ahead Log
17.5.1. Settings
17.5.2. Checkpoints
17.5.3. Archiving
17.6. Query Planning
17.6.1. Planner Method Configuration
17.6.2. Planner Cost Constants
17.6.3. Genetic Query Optimizer
17.6.4. Other Planner Options
17.7. Error Reporting and Logging
17.7.1. Where To Log
17.7.2. When To Log
17.7.3. What To Log
17.8. Run-Time Statistics
17.8.1. Query and Index Statistics Collector
17.8.2. Statistics Monitoring
17.9. Automatic Vacuuming
17.10. Client Connection Defaults
17.10.1. Statement Behavior
17.10.2. Locale and Formatting
17.10.3. Other Defaults
17.11. Lock Management
17.12. Version and Platform Compatibility
17.12.1. Previous PostgreSQL Versions
17.12.2. Platform and Client Compatibility
17.13. Preset Options
17.14. Customized Options
17.15. Developer Options
17.16. Short Options

There are many configuration parameters that affect the behavior of the database system. In the first section of this chapter, we describe how to set configuration parameters. The subsequent sections discuss each parameter in detail.