From 065deebfe2cd506268b855aa8ce9e615ee9f09c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Larsen <simonlarsen@oneuptime.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:50:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add instructions for checking and increasing
 max_connections in Postgres

---
 HelmChart/Docs/Postgres.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/HelmChart/Docs/Postgres.md b/HelmChart/Docs/Postgres.md
index e9f743b0ec..9a51a8ee32 100644
--- a/HelmChart/Docs/Postgres.md
+++ b/HelmChart/Docs/Postgres.md
@@ -53,4 +53,21 @@ CREATE ROLE readonlyuser WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '<password>'
 GRANT pg_read_all_data TO readonlyuser;
 ```
 
+
+### Increasing max_connections for postgres. 
+
+To see the current number of max_connections. You need to run the following command in psql.
+
 ```
+SHOW max_connections;
+```
+
+To increase the max_connections, you need to run this sql command in psql.
+
+
+```
+ALTER SYSTEM SET max_connections = 200;
+```
+
+Then you need to restart the postgres pod. 
+