Hi Marcin: On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Marcin Giedz <marcin.giedz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm wondering if there is any natural implementation of heartbeats in libpq > library? We've been facing specially in firewall env occasionally session > drops between client and server. Extending session timeout directly on > firewalls is not possible (company rules). Perhaps there is such mechanism > "somewhere" to avoid reimplementation ? RTFM? Now, seriously. Have you read https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS, specifically search for keepalive. Keepalives generate traffic which normally keeps overzealous firewalls happy, I have used it before successfully. And I'd like to point libpq sessions does not sound to be the best kind of traffic across a firewall, not a good service / protocol to expose. Francisco Olarte. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
