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# postgresql_info – Gather information about PostgreSQL servers

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- See Also
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Gathers information about PostgreSQL servers.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- psycopg2

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
ca_cert string |  | Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s). If the file exists, the server's certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities. aliases: ssl_rootcert
db string |  | Name of database to connect. aliases: login_db
filter list / elements=string |  | Limit the collected information by comma separated string or YAML list. Allowable values are `version`, `databases`, `settings`, `tablespaces`, `roles`, `replications`, `repl_slots`. By default, collects all subsets. You can use shell-style (fnmatch) wildcard to pass groups of values (see Examples). You can use '!' before value (for example, `!settings`) to exclude it from the information. If you pass including and excluding values to the filter, for example, filter=!settings,ver, the excluding values will be ignored.
login_host string |  | Host running the database.
login_password string |  | The password used to authenticate with.
login_unix_socket string |  | Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
login_user string | Default: "postgres" | The username used to authenticate with.
port integer | Default: 5432 | Database port to connect to. aliases: login_port
session_role string |  | Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of. Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.
ssl_mode string | Choices: allow disable prefer ← require verify-ca verify-full | Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server. See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes. Default of `prefer` matches libpq default.

## Notes

Note

- The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the `postgres` account on the host.
- To avoid “Peer authentication failed for user postgres” error, use postgres user as a become_user.
- This module uses psycopg2, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 is installed on the host before using this module.
- If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host.
- For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.
- The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.

## See Also

See also

postgresql_ping – Check remote PostgreSQL server availability
  The official documentation on the postgresql_ping module.

## Examples

    # Display info from postgres hosts.
    # ansible postgres -m postgresql_info

    # Display only databases and roles info from all hosts using shell-style wildcards:
    # ansible all -m postgresql_info -a 'filter=dat*,rol*'

    # Display only replications and repl_slots info from standby hosts using shell-style wildcards:
    # ansible standby -m postgresql_info -a 'filter=repl*'

    # Display all info from databases hosts except settings:
    # ansible databases -m postgresql_info -a 'filter=!settings'

    - name: Collect PostgreSQL version and extensions
      become: yes
      become_user: postgres
      postgresql_info:
        filter: ver*,ext*

    - name: Collect all info except settings and roles
      become: yes
      become_user: postgres
      postgresql_info:
        filter: "!settings,!roles"

    # On FreeBSD with PostgreSQL 9.5 version and lower use pgsql user to become
    # and pass "postgres" as a database to connect to
    - name: Collect tablespaces and repl_slots info
      become: yes
      become_user: pgsql
      postgresql_info:
        db: postgres
        filter:
        - tablesp*
        - repl_sl*

    - name: Collect all info except databases
      become: yes
      become_user: postgres
      postgresql_info:
        filter:
        - "!databases"

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
databases dictionary | always | Information about databases. Sample: [{'postgres': {'access_priv': '', 'collate': 'en_US.UTF-8', 'ctype': 'en_US.UTF-8', 'encoding': 'UTF8', 'owner': 'postgres', 'size': '7997 kB'}}]
| database_name dictionary | always | Database name. Sample: template1
|  | access_priv string | always | Database access privileges. Sample: =c/postgres_npostgres=CTc/postgres
|  | collate string | always | Database collation https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/collation.html. Sample: en_US.UTF-8
|  | ctype string | always | Database LC_CTYPE https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/multibyte.html. Sample: en_US.UTF-8
|  | encoding string | always | Database encoding https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/multibyte.html. Sample: UTF8
|  | extensions dictionary | always | Extensions https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createextension.html. Sample: [{'plpgsql': {'description': 'PL/pgSQL procedural language', 'extversion': {'major': 1, 'minor': 0}}}]
|  |  | extdescription string | if existent | Extension description. Sample: PL/pgSQL procedural language
|  |  | extversion dictionary | always | Extension description.
|  |  |  | major integer | always | Extension major version. Sample: 1
|  |  |  | minor integer | always | Extension minor version.
|  |  | nspname string | always | Namespace where the extension is. Sample: pg_catalog
|  | languages dictionary | always | Procedural languages https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xplang.html. Sample: {'sql': {'lanacl': '', 'lanowner': 'postgres'}}
|  |  | lanacl string | always | Language access privileges https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-language.html. Sample: {postgres=UC/postgres,=U/postgres}
|  |  | lanowner string | always | Language owner https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-language.html. Sample: postgres
|  | namespaces dictionary | always | Namespaces (schema) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createschema.html. Sample: {'pg_catalog': {'nspacl': '{postgres=UC/postgres,=U/postgres}', 'nspowner': 'postgres'}}
|  |  | nspacl string | always | Access privileges https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-namespace.html. Sample: {postgres=UC/postgres,=U/postgres}
|  |  | nspowner string | always | Schema owner https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-namespace.html. Sample: postgres
|  | owner string | always | Database owner https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createdatabase.html. Sample: postgres
|  | size string | always | Database size in bytes. Sample: 8189415
pending_restart_settings list | always | List of settings that are pending restart to be set. Sample: ['shared_buffers']
repl_slots dictionary | if existent | Replication slots (available in 9.4 and later) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-replication-slots.html. Sample: {'slot0': {'active': False, 'database': None, 'plugin': None, 'slot_type': 'physical'}}
| active boolean | always | True means that a receiver has connected to it, and it is currently reserving archives. Sample: True
| database string | always | Database name this slot is associated with, or null. Sample: acme
| plugin string | always | Base name of the shared object containing the output plugin this logical slot is using, or null for physical slots. Sample: pgoutput
| slot_type string | always | The slot type - physical or logical. Sample: logical
replications dictionary | if pg_stat_replication view existent | Information about the current replications by process PIDs https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-STATS-VIEWS-TABLE. Sample: [{76580: {'app_name': 'standby1', 'backend_start': '2019-02-03 00:14:33.908593+03', 'client_addr': '10.10.10.2', 'client_hostname': '', 'state': 'streaming', 'usename': 'postgres'}}]
| app_name string | if existent | Name of the application that is connected to this WAL sender. Sample: acme_srv
| backend_start string | always | Time when this process was started, i.e., when the client connected to this WAL sender. Sample: 2019-02-03 00:14:33.908593+03
| client_addr string | always | IP address of the client connected to this WAL sender. If this field is null, it indicates that the client is connected via a Unix socket on the server machine. Sample: 10.0.0.101
| client_hostname string | always | Host name of the connected client, as reported by a reverse DNS lookup of client_addr. This field will only be non-null for IP connections, and only when log_hostname is enabled. Sample: dbsrv1
| state string | always | Current WAL sender state. Sample: streaming
| usename string | always | Name of the user logged into this WAL sender process ('usename' is a column name in pg_stat_replication view). Sample: replication_user
roles dictionary | always | Information about roles https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/user-manag.html. Sample: [{'test_role': {'canlogin': True, 'member_of': ['user_ro'], 'superuser': False, 'valid_until': '9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999+00:00'}}]
| canlogin boolean | always | Login privilege https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/role-attributes.html. Sample: True
| member_of list | always | Role membership https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/role-membership.html. Sample: ['read_only_users']
| superuser boolean | always | User is a superuser or not.
| valid_until string | always | Password expiration date https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterrole.html. Sample: 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999+00:00
settings dictionary | always | Information about run-time server parameters https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-settings.html. Sample: [{'work_mem': {'boot_val': '4096', 'context': 'user', 'max_val': '2147483647', 'min_val': '64', 'setting': '8192', 'sourcefile': '/var/lib/pgsql/10/data/postgresql.auto.conf', 'unit': 'kB', 'vartype': 'integer', 'val_in_bytes': 4194304}}]
| boot_val string | always | Parameter value assumed at server startup if the parameter is not otherwise set. Sample: 4096
| context string | always | Context required to set the parameter's value. For more information see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-settings.html. Sample: user
| max_val string | always | Maximum allowed value of the parameter (null for non-numeric values). Sample: 2147483647
| min_val string | always | Minimum allowed value of the parameter (null for non-numeric values). Sample: 64
| pending_restart boolean | always | True if the value has been changed in the configuration file but needs a restart; or false otherwise. Returns only if `settings` is passed.
| pretty_val string | always | Value presented in the pretty form. Sample: 2MB
| setting string | always | Current value of the parameter. Sample: 49152
| sourcefile string | always | Configuration file the current value was set in. Null for values set from sources other than configuration files, or when examined by a user who is neither a superuser or a member of pg_read_all_settings. Helpful when using include directives in configuration files. Sample: /var/lib/pgsql/10/data/postgresql.auto.conf
| unit string | always | Implicit unit of the parameter. Sample: kB
| val_in_bytes integer | if supported | Current value of the parameter in bytes. Sample: 2147483647
| vartype string | always | Parameter type (bool, enum, integer, real, or string). Sample: integer
tablespaces dictionary | always | Information about tablespaces https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-tablespace.html. Sample: [{'test': {'spcacl': '{postgres=C/postgres,andreyk=C/postgres}', 'spcoptions': ['seq_page_cost=1'], 'spcowner': 'postgres'}}]
| spcacl string | always | Tablespace access privileges. Sample: {postgres=C/postgres,andreyk=C/postgres}
| spcoptions list | always | Tablespace-level options. Sample: ['seq_page_cost=1']
| spcowner string | always | Owner of the tablespace. Sample: test_user
version dictionary | always | Database server version https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/. Sample: {'version': {'major': 10, 'minor': 6}}
| major integer | always | Major server version. Sample: 11
| minor integer | always | Minor server version. Sample: 1

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007)

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