NAME

       pg_activity - Realtime PostgreSQL database server monitoring tool

SYNOPSIS

       pg_activity [option..] [connection string]

DESCRIPTION

       Command line tool for PostgreSQL server activity monitoring.

       pg_activity must run on the same server as the instance and as the user running the
       instance (or root) to show CPU, MEM, READ or WRITE columns and other system information.

   THE HEADER
       The first line of the header displays PostgreSQL's version, the host name, the connection
       string and the refresh rate.

       The rest of the header displays the following information:

       - Size: size of the database you are connected to - Growth in B/s;
       - Mem.: percentage of memory used - memory used / memory available;
       - Swap: percentage of  swap used - swap used / swap available;
       - Load: CPU load;
       - TPS: transaction per second (sum of commit & rollback for all databases / time elapsed
       since last snap);
       - IO Max: the number of IO per second (aggregated data gathered with the psutil library);
       - Read: current Read throughput (aggregated data gathered with the psutil library);
       - Write: current Write throughput (aggregated data gathered with the psutil library);
       - Active connections: number of active connections;
       - Duration mode: query, transaction or backend.

   THE RUNNING QUERIES PANEL
       The running queries panel shows all running queries, transactions or backends (depending
       on the DURATION_MODE setting) which have lasted for more than min duration seconds. It
       displays the following information:

       - PID: process id of the backend which executes the query;
       - DATABASE: database specified in the connection string;
       - APP: application name specified in the connection string;
       - USER: user name specified in the connection string;
       - CLIENT: client address or "local" in case of linux socker connection;
       - CPU%: percentage of CPU used by the backend as reported by the psutil library;
       - MEM%: percentage of memory used by the backend as reported by the psutil library;
       - READ/s:  read thruput as reported by the psutil library;
       - WRITE/s: write thruput as reported by the psutil library;
       - TIME: time since the beginning of the query / transaction / backend start depending on
       the DURATION_MODE currently in use;
       - Waiting: for PostgreSQL 9.6+: a specific wait event or nothing. Otherwise, a boolean
       indicating if we are waiting for a Lock;
       - IOW: boolean indicating that the process is waiting for IO as reported by the psutil
       library;
       - state: state of the backend;
       - Query: the query.

   THE WAITING QUERIES PANNEL
       The waiting queries view displays queries that are wainting for a lock. It shows the
       following information:

       - PID: process id of the backend which executes the query;
       - DATABASE: database specified in the connection string;
       - APP: application name specified in the connection string;
       - USER: user name specified in the connection string;
       - CLIENT: client address or "local" in case of linux socker connection;
       - RELATION: the name of the relation being locked if applicable;
       - TYPE: the type of lock;
       - MODE: the mode of the lock;
       - TIME+: the duration of the query, transaction or session depending on the DURATION_MODE
       setting;
       - state: the state of the transaction;
       - Query: the query.

   THE BLOCKING QUERIES PANNEL
       The blocking queries view displays the queries that lock an object which is required by
       another session. It shows following information:

       - PID: process id of the backend which executes the query;
       - DATABASE: database specified in the connection string;
       - APP: application name specified in the connection string;
       - USER: user name specified in the connection string;
       - CLIENT: client address or "local" in case of linux socker connection;
       - RELATION: the name of the relation being locked if applicable;
       - TYPE: the type of lock;
       - MODE: the mode of the lock;
       - TIME+: the duration of the query, transaction or session depending on the DURATION_MODE
       setting;
       - Waiting: for PostgreSQL 9.6+: a specific wait event or nothing. Otherwise, a boolean
       indicating if we are waiting for a Lock;
       - state: the state of the transaction;
       - Query: the query.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       -U USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
                 Database user name.

       -p PORT, --port=PORT
                 Database server port.

       -h HOSTNAME, --host=HOSTNAME
                 Database server host or socket directory.

       -d DBNAME, --dbname=DBNAME
             Database name to connect to.

       --blocksize=BLOCKSIZE
                 Filesystem blocksize (default: 4096).

       --rds
                 Enable support for AWS RDS.

       --output=FILEPATH
                 Store running queries as CSV.

       --no-db-size
                 Skip total size of DB.

       -w DISPLAY_MODE, --query-display-mode=DISPLAY_MODE
                 Queries display mode. Values: 1-TRUNCATED, 2-FULL(default), 3-INDENTED

       --duration-mode=DURATION_MODE
                 Duration mode. Values: 1-QUERY(default), 2-TRANSACTION, 3-BACKEND

       --min-duration=SECONDS
                 Don't display queries with smaller than specified duration (in seconds).

       --help
                 Show this help message and exit.

       --version
                 Show program's version number and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

         All the environnement variables supported by libpq (PostgreSQL's query protocol) are
         supported by pg_activity.

         See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-envars.html

DISPLAY OPTIONS

       --no-pid
                 Disable PID.

       --no-database
                 Disable DATABASE.

       --no-user
                 Disable USER.

       --no-client
                 Disable CLIENT.

       --no-cpu
                 Disable CPU%.

       --no-mem
                 Disable MEM%.

       --no-read
                 Disable READ/s.

       --no-write
                 Disable WRITE/s.

       --no-time
                 Disable TIME+.

       --no-wait
                 Disable W.

       --no-app-name
                 Disable App.

INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

       r     Sort by READ/s, descending.
       w     Sort by WRITE/s, descending.
       c     Sort by CPU%, descending.
       m     Sort by MEM%, descending.
       t     Sort by TIME+, descending.
       T     Change duration mode: query, transaction, backend
       Space Pause on/off.
       v     Change queries display mode: full, truncated, indented
       UP / DOWN Scroll process list.
       k / j Scroll process list.
       q     Quit
       +     Increase refresh time. Maximum value: 3s
       -     Decrease refresh time. Minimum Value: 1s
       F1/1  Running queries monitoring.
       F2/2  Waiting queries monitoring.
       F3/3  Blocking queries monitoring.
       h     Help page.
       R     Refresh.
       D     Refresh database size.

NAVIGATION MODE

       UP / k    Move up the cursor.
       DOWN / j  Move down the cursor.
       K     Terminate the current backend/tagged backends.
       C     Cancel the current backend/tagged backends.
       Space Tag or untag the process.
       q     Quit.
       Other Back to activity.

EXAMPLES

       PGPASSWORD='mypassword' pg_activity -U pgadmin -h 127.0.0.1 --no-client

       pg_activity -h /var/run/postgresql

       pg_activity -h myserver -p 5433 -d nagios -U nagios