Re: Cluster name in ps output

On 2014-05-05 13:07:48 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On 2014-05-05 10:07:46 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Also, -1 for adding another log_line_prefix escape. If you're routing
> >> multiple clusters logging to the same place (which is already a bit
> >> unlikely IMO), you can put distinguishing strings in log_line_prefix
> >> already. And it's not like we've got an infinite supply of letters
> >> for those escapes.
>
> > Using syslog and including the same config file from multiple clusters
> > isn't that uncommon. But I can live without it.
>
> So, if you are sharing a config file, how is it that you can set a
> per-cluster cluster_name but not a per-cluster log_line_prefix?

Well, it's a included file. With log_line_prefix support just
cluster_name has to be set per cluster. Without you need string
interpolation in the config management to include cluster_name in
log_line_prefix.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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