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* Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately
@ 2025-04-16 09:10 Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <[email protected]>
  2025-04-16 12:36 ` Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Achilleas Mantzios - cloud @ 2025-04-16 09:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected]

On 4/15/25 12:14, KENAN ÇİFTÇİ wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can use pgaudit and pgauditlogtofile extension 
> (https://github.com/fmbiete/pgauditlogtofile) together to write audit 
> logs in a separate file.
One issue we have with pgaudit is that it prints AUDIT records even if 
the xaction gets rollbacked, how do you alleviate that ?
>
> yours,
>
> Kenan Çiftçi
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM vijay patil <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     We are exploring auditing solutions for our PostgreSQL database
>     and are considering using |pgaudit| for this purpose. However, we
>     have a few questions:
>
>     1.
>
>         *What is the best tool for auditing PostgreSQL databases?*
>
>          *
>
>             We are specifically looking for a solution that offers
>             detailed auditing capabilities and is compatible with our
>             setup.
>
>     2.
>
>         *Can we store the audit information separately from PostgreSQL
>         logs if we decide to use |pgaudit|?*
>
>          *
>
>             We would prefer to keep the audit logs in a separate file
>             or location for easier management and analysis.
>
>
>     We appreciate any help or suggestions!
>
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Vijay
>

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* Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately
  2025-04-16 09:10 Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <[email protected]>
@ 2025-04-16 12:36 ` Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
  2025-04-16 17:35   ` Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately Achilleas Mantzios <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Ron Johnson @ 2025-04-16 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>

pgaudit is statement-level, not transaction-level; that's its nature.  This
is the same as log_statement.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/15/25 12:14, KENAN ÇİFTÇİ wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You can use pgaudit and pgauditlogtofile extension (
> https://github.com/fmbiete/pgauditlogtofile) together to write audit logs
> in a separate file.
>
> One issue we have with pgaudit is that it prints AUDIT records even if the
> xaction gets rollbacked, how do you alleviate that ?
>
>
> yours,
>
> Kenan Çiftçi
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM vijay patil <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We are exploring auditing solutions for our PostgreSQL database and are
>> considering using pgaudit for this purpose. However, we have a few
>> questions:
>>
>>    1.
>>
>>    *What is the best tool for auditing PostgreSQL databases?*
>>    -
>>
>>       We are specifically looking for a solution that offers detailed
>>       auditing capabilities and is compatible with our setup.
>>       2.
>>
>>    *Can we store the audit information separately from PostgreSQL logs
>>    if we decide to use pgaudit?*
>>    -
>>
>>       We would prefer to keep the audit logs in a separate file or
>>       location for easier management and analysis.
>>
>>
>> We appreciate any help or suggestions!
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Vijay
>>
>

-- 
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Don't boil me, I'm still alive.
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* Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately
  2025-04-16 09:10 Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <[email protected]>
  2025-04-16 12:36 ` Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
@ 2025-04-16 17:35   ` Achilleas Mantzios <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Achilleas Mantzios @ 2025-04-16 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected]

On 16/4/25 15:36, Ron Johnson wrote:

>
> pgaudit is statement-level, not transaction-level; that's its nature.  
> This is the same as log_statement.
ok, but log_statement prints ROLLBACKs/COMMITs, but pgaudit not.
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     On 4/15/25 12:14, KENAN ÇİFTÇİ wrote:
>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     You can use pgaudit and pgauditlogtofile extension
>>     (https://github.com/fmbiete/pgauditlogtofile) together to write
>>     audit logs in a separate file.
>     One issue we have with pgaudit is that it prints AUDIT records
>     even if the xaction gets rollbacked, how do you alleviate that ?
>>
>>     yours,
>>
>>     Kenan Çiftçi
>>
>>     On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM vijay patil
>>     <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi All,
>>
>>         We are exploring auditing solutions for our PostgreSQL
>>         database and are considering using |pgaudit| for this
>>         purpose. However, we have a few questions:
>>
>>         1.
>>
>>             *What is the best tool for auditing PostgreSQL databases?*
>>
>>              *
>>
>>                 We are specifically looking for a solution that
>>                 offers detailed auditing capabilities and is
>>                 compatible with our setup.
>>
>>         2.
>>
>>             *Can we store the audit information separately from
>>             PostgreSQL logs if we decide to use |pgaudit|?*
>>
>>              *
>>
>>                 We would prefer to keep the audit logs in a separate
>>                 file or location for easier management and analysis.
>>
>>
>>         We appreciate any help or suggestions!
>>
>>
>>         Thanks
>>
>>         Vijay
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce.
> Don't boil me, I'm still alive.
> <Redacted> lobster!

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