Lasso release 4.18.0

product_docs/docs/lasso/4/configuration.mdx

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ order, and uses the first match:
 3. `$HOME/.edb-lasso.conf`
 4. `/etc/edb-lasso.conf`
 
+Alternatively, you can run Lasso with the `--config-file` option to
+specify a configuration file not in the list above, for example:
+
+```
+lasso --config-file /path/to/file.conf
+```
+
 A template file for the configuration file looks like this:
 
 ```
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ A template file for the configuration file looks like this:
     [harp]
     ; path to config.yml, if using a non-default one
     ; configuration=
+    ; proxy_configuration=
 
     [pgd-proxy]
     ; path to pgd-proxy-config.yml, if using a non-default one

product_docs/docs/lasso/4/describe.mdx

@@ -257,6 +257,19 @@ Hardware info through `lspci`.
 **Security impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### /etc/hosts configuration (`linux_hosts_configuration`)
+
+Hosts configuration in `/etc/hosts`.
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `/linux/hosts.data`: Contents of `/etc/hosts`
+
+**Depth:** Surface
+
+**Security impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### HTTP(s) proxies in use for package downloads (`linux_http_proxy_configuration`)
 
 Gathers information about HTTP(s) proxies in use for package
@@ -1235,6 +1248,19 @@ EDB Postgres Advanced Server resource group names and limits.
 **Security impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### Current pg_hba_file_rules contents (`postgresql_hba_file_rules`)
+
+Summary of client authentication file contents.
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `postgresql/pg_hba_file_rules.out`
+
+**Depth:** Surface
+
+**Security impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### postgresql_logdirfiles (`postgresql_logdirfiles`)
 
 Log file names in PostgreSQL log directory.
@@ -1486,6 +1512,19 @@ Replication connections (from `pg_stat_replication`).
 **Security impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### Simple LRU (least recently used) cache statistics (`postgresql_stat_slru`)
+
+Stats from `pg_stat_slru`.
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `postgresql/pg_stat_slru.out`
+
+**Depth:** Surface
+
+**Security Impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### Server subscription statistics (`postgresql_subscription_statistics`)
 
 Statistics of subscriptions.
@@ -1929,6 +1968,20 @@ Information about partitioned tables (using declarative partitioning).
 **Security impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### Database child partition tables (`postgresql_db_partitions`)
+
+Information about child partition tables (using declarative
+partitioning).
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `partitions.out`
+
+**Depth:** Shallow
+
+**Security Impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### Database PEM pem.agent table tuples (`postgresql_db_pem_agent`)
 
 Data from metatable `pem.agent`.
@@ -2293,6 +2346,33 @@ List of tables in the database.
 **Security impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### Tables close to wraparound (`postgresql_db_tables_wraparound`)
+
+Collect the list of worst offender tables in terms of transaction
+wraparound.
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `tables_wraparound.out`
+
+**Depth:** Shallow
+
+**Security impact:** Low* — 
+No known security impact.
+
+### Database triggers (`postgresql_db_triggers`)
+
+Triggers in the database.
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `triggers.out`
+
+**Depth:** Shallow
+
+**Security Impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### Database types (`postgresql_db_types`)
 
 Types in the database.
@@ -2717,6 +2797,20 @@ List blocking locks.
 **Security Impact:** Low — 
 No known security impact.
 
+### Current checkpointer stats (`postgresql_checkpointer`)
+
+Statistics about the checkpointer process's activity (from
+`pg_stat_checkpointer`).
+
+**Report output:**
+
+  * File `postgresql/checkpointer.out`
+
+**Depth:** Surface
+
+**Security impact:** Low — 
+No known security impact.
+
 ### BDR worker_errors (`postgresql_db_bdr_worker_errors`)
 
 List all `bdr.worker_errors` entries in `error_time ASC` order.

product_docs/docs/lasso/4/install.mdx

@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ options. (It uses the first match.)
 - `$HOME/.edb-lasso.conf`
 - `/etc/edb-lasso.conf`
 
+Alternatively, you can run Lasso with the `--config-file` option to
+specify a configuration file not in the list above, for example:
+
+```
+lasso --config-file /path/to/file.conf
+```
+
 The minimum configuration file looks like this:
 
 ```

product_docs/docs/lasso/4/release-notes.mdx

@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@
 title: Release notes
 ---
 
+
+## Lasso - Version 4.18.0
+
+Released: 24 Jan 2025
+
+Lasso Version 4.18.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
+
+| Type                   | Description | Addresses |
+|------------------------|-------------|-----------|
+| Feature                | Support for PostgreSQL 17 | DC-1037 |
+| Feature                | New `--config-file` option for the Lasso configuration file in non-default path | DC-1026 |
+| Feature                | Collect the list of worst offender tables in terms of transaction wraparound | DC-220 |
+| Feature                | Collect information about child partition tables | DC-469 |
+| Feature                | Collect information about triggers | DC-440 |
+| Feature                | Collect summary of client authentication file contents (`pg_hba_file_rules`) | DC-125 |
+| Feature                | Collect statistics about the checkpointer process (new PG17+ view `pg_stat_checkpointer`) | DC-1030 |
+| Feature                | Collect the Simple LRU (least recently used) cache statistics (`pg_stat_slru`) | DC=144 |
+| Feature                | Collect the contents of the `/etc/hosts` file | DC-1028 |
+| Improvement            | Enforce UTC timezone and ISO datestyle in query outputs | DC-6 |
+| Bug Fixes              | Fix log path collector erroring out with `No such file or directory: /proc/<PID>/fd/1` | DC-1041 |
+| Bug Fixes              | Fix Lasso not gathering the `efm cluster-status` when using `--efm-configuration` to a non-default EFM configuration file path | DC-1027 |
+| Deprecation Notes      | Dropped support for CentOS 7, SLES 12, Debian 10 and PostgreSQL 12 | DC-1037 |
+
+
 ## Lasso - Version 4.17.0
 
 Released: 12 Sep 2024

product_docs/docs/lasso/4/usage.mdx

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ You can also pass the connection parameters, among other options, as command
 line arguments:
 
 ```
-usage: lasso [-h] [-H HOST_NAME] [-p PORT] [--password PASSWORD]
+usage: lasso [-h] [--config-file CONFIG_FILE]
+             [-H HOST_NAME] [-p PORT] [--password PASSWORD]
              [--lock-timeout LOCK_TIMEOUT]
              [--statement-timeout STATEMENT_TIMEOUT]
              [--sampling-start SAMPLING_START] [--sampling-end SAMPLING_END]
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ usage: lasso [-h] [-H HOST_NAME] [-p PORT] [--password PASSWORD]
              [--xdb-subserver-configuration XDB_SUBSERVER_CONFIGURATION]
              [--pgbouncer-configuration PGBOUNCER_CONFIGURATION]
              [--harp-configuration HARP_CONFIGURATION]
+             [--harp-proxy-configuration HARP_PROXY_CONFIGURATION]
              [--etcd-configuration ETCD_CONFIGURATION]
              [--pgd-proxy-configuration PGD_PROXY_CONFIGURATION]
              [--patroni-configuration PATRONI_CONFIGURATION]
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ positional arguments:
 
 optional arguments:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  --config-file CONFIG_FILE
+                        Path to Lasso configuration file, if using non-default path.
   -H HOST_NAME, --host-name HOST_NAME
                         Database host name or socket directory (default local
                         socket)
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@ optional arguments:
   --harp-configuration HARP_CONFIGURATION
                         Path to the config.yml file, if using a non-default
                         path
+  --harp-proxy-configuration HARP_PROXY_CONFIGURATION
+                        Path to the config.yml or proxy-config.yml file for HARP Proxy, if using a non-default path
   --etcd-configuration ETCD_CONFIGURATION
                         Path to the etcd.conf file, if using a non-default
                         path