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/usr/bin/postgres_exporter

Prometheus Exporter for Postgres server metrics

From prometheus-postgres-exporter-0.10 0.10.1-r50 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running postgres_exporter --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: postgres_exporter [<flags>]

Flags:
  -h, --help                     Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --web.listen-address=":9187"
                                 Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry.
      --web.config.file=""       [EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or
                                 authentication.
      --web.telemetry-path="/metrics"
                                 Path under which to expose metrics.
      --disable-default-metrics  Do not include default metrics.
      --disable-settings-metrics
                                 Do not include pg_settings metrics.
      --auto-discover-databases  Whether to discover the databases on a server dynamically.
      --extend.query-path=""     Path to custom queries to run.
      --dumpmaps                 Do not run, simply dump the maps.
      --constantLabels=""        A list of label=value separated by comma(,).
      --exclude-databases=""     A list of databases to remove when autoDiscoverDatabases is enabled
      --include-databases=""     A list of databases to include when autoDiscoverDatabases is
                                 enabled
      --metric-prefix="pg"       A metric prefix can be used to have non-default (not "pg") prefixes
                                 for each of the metrics
      --version                  Show application version.
      --log.level=info           Only log messages with the given severity or above. One of: [debug,
                                 info, warn, error]
      --log.format=logfmt        Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt, json]
Options (16)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--web.listen-address ":9187"Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry.help
--web.config.file ""[EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication.help
--web.telemetry-path "/metrics"Path under which to expose metrics.help
--disable-default-metricsDo not include default metrics.help
--disable-settings-metricsDo not include pg_settings metrics.help
--auto-discover-databasesWhether to discover the databases on a server dynamically.help
--extend.query-path ""Path to custom queries to run.help
--dumpmapsDo not run, simply dump the maps.help
--constantLabels ""A list of label=value separated by comma(,).help
--exclude-databases ""A list of databases to remove when autoDiscoverDatabases is enabledhelp
--include-databases ""A list of databases to include when autoDiscoverDatabases is enabledhelp
--metric-prefix "pg"A metric prefix can be used to have non-default (not "pg") prefixes for each of the metricshelp
--versionShow application version.help
--log.level infoOnly log messages with the given severity or above.help
--log.format logfmtOutput format of log messages.help

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