Primary Postgres database process (postmaster) eating all CPU

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Not one for playing games when they’re not necessary, I went into the data container, edited postgresql.conf by hand, doubled max_connections (from 100 to 200) and, LO! it seems that all is well.

I don’t understand just why I’ve not encountered this before or why this is the solution here. The database doesn’t seem that big and the traffic doesn’t seem that high.

Edit: I have played the games and won!

If anyone else cares. . . stick this in data.yml in hooks in the after_postgres section. I put it after the -exec section.

    # double max_connections to 200
    - replace:
        filename: "/etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf"
        from: /#?max_connections *=.*/
        to: "max_connections = 200"
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