pg_pgbouncer

DISCLAIMER: This is alpha quality software at the moment. It is not recommended for production use (yet). Some API design decisions might significantly change too.

How to compile and run

Install the Rust toolchain

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Configure Rust for more speedy compilation (optional)

See [CONTRIBUTING.md][https://github.com/pgbouncer/pg_pgbouncer/blob/main/README.md] for details

Install cargo pgrx

cargo install cargo-pgrx --locked --version '=0.11.4' --force
cargo pgrx init

Add extension to shared_preload_libraries and build & install the extension

You can either choose to let pgrx to create a new database cluster for you and install pg_pgbouncer extension there, or you can choose to install pg_pgbouncer extension to your existing database cluster.

1. Use pgrx-managed postgres server

   Configure postgres:

   echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_pgbouncer'" >> ~/.pgrx/data-16/postgresql.conf
   echo "pg_pgbouncer.database = 'pg_pgbouncer'" >> ~/.pgrx/data-16/postgresql.conf

   Build & install pg_pgbouncer.so into the pgrx-managed postgres server:

   # builds & installs pg_pgbouncer.so into ~/.pgrx/16.0 and opens psql automatically for pg_pgbouncer database
   cargo pgrx run

   Create the extension in the psql session opened automatically:

   DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS pg_pgbouncer; CREATE EXTENSION pg_pgbouncer;

2. Use pre-installed postgres server

   Configure postgres:

   echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_pgbouncer'" >> /path/to/desired/postgresql.conf

   Build & install pg_pgbouncer.so into the postgres your effective pg_config utility points to:

   # builds & installs pg_pgbouncer.so using pg_config from PATH
   cargo pgrx install

   Configure the database name in which you will create the pg_pgbouncer extension:

   ALTER SYSTEM SET pg_pgbouncer.database='<dbname>';

   Restart postgres and connect to it using a client utility such as psql.

   Connect to the database pg_pgbouncer.database and create the extension there:

   DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS pg_pgbouncer; CREATE EXTENSION pg_pgbouncer;

Check the postgres server log (for pgrx-managed Postgres the log is at ~/.pgrx/16.log). If you see the below line, pg_pgbouncer is working.

LOG:  Hello from inside the PgBouncer Manager BGWorker!