pg_top is 'top' for PostgreSQL. It is derived from Unix Top. Similar to top, pg_top allows you to monitor PostgreSQL processes. It also allows you to:
- View currently running SQL statement of a process.
- View query plan of a currently running SELECT statement.
- View locks held by a process.
- View I/O statistics per process.
- View replication statistics for downstream nodes.
To compile and install "pg_top", read the file "INSTALL.rst" and follow the directions and advice contained therein.
If you make any kind of change to "pg_top" that you feel would be beneficial to others who use this program, or if you find and fix a bug, please submit the change to the pg_top issue tracker:
In order to monitor a remote database, the pg_proctab extension needs to be created on the database to be monitored. Any operating system that pg_proctab supports can be monitored remotely on any operating system. See details for pg_proctab here:
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If you have git, you can download the source code:
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pg_top is distributed free of charge under the same terms as the BSD license. For an official statement, please refer to the file "LICENSE" which should be included with the source distribution.