Providing a custom configuration file

For a MySQL or PostgreSQL database, you can provide a customization file to ensure that the database is configured correctly.

Supported parameters

Ephemeral supports the following customization file parameters. For details about the parameters and how they are used, go to the database platform documentation.

PostgreSQL

For PostgreSQL, Ephemeral supports:

  • max_wal_size

  • min_wal_size

  • wal_buffers

  • max_connections

  • shared_buffers

  • checkpoint_completion_target

  • checkpoint_timeout

  • synchronous_commit

  • work_mem

  • maintenance_work_mem

MySQL

For MySQL, Ephemeral supports:

  • sql_mode

  • sql-mode

  • max_allowed_packet

Providing the file

On the Settings tab of the database details panel, to provide the customization file:

  1. Expand the Advanced Settings section.

  2. Toggle Custom configuration file to the on position.

  3. In the text area, paste the contents of the customization file.

Custom configuration file setting for a database

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