Re: Best Tool for PostgreSQL Auditing and Storing Audit Logs Separately

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 <vijay.postgres@gmail.com> 
> 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
>