Once PgBouncer is installed, we need to configure it to honor our ideal pool size calculations. The settings included with the supplied configuration file are for demonstration purposes only and are unlikely to match our requirements. This situation is easy to rectify, but it requires a bit of research on our part.
Configuring PgBouncer safely
Getting ready
The PgBouncer settings are explained in detail in the example configuration file. However, we suggest making full use of the service documentation while following this recipe. We will endeavor to explain important parameters, but there are more parameters available than we cover here.
When we installed PgBouncer, we suggested modifying the configuration directory to be...