Set application_name for Postgres connection

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A PostgreSQL metric exporter for Prometheus

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Set application_name for Postgres connection #352

Open mbanck opened 4 years ago

mbanck commented 4 years ago

It would be nice if postgres_exporter would set an application (like postgres-exporter or so), so that it can be better identified in pg_stat_activity amonst other backends.

neel5481 commented 4 years ago

AFAIK - you can always set "PGAPPNAME" environment variable before starting pg exporter. That configured name will be displayed in "pg_stat_activity".

cosenmarco commented 4 years ago

Suggestion works fine. Would be nice to have it documented on the README