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Update README with a workable connection string for local use.
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Will Rouesnel 2015-09-07 15:25:10 +10:00
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The PostgresSQL server's [data source name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_source_name)
must be set via the `DATA_SOURCE_NAME` environment variable.
For running it locally on a default Debian/Ubuntu install, this will work (transpose to init script as appropriate):
sudo -u postgres DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=postgres host=/var/run/postgresql/ sslmode=disable" postgres_exporter
### Adding new metrics
The exporter will attempt to dynamically export additional metrics if they are added in the