AWS RDS for PostgreSQL administrative functions for engine-version inspection, password-encryption audits, autovacuum diagnostics, and storage monitoring
| Package | rds_tools |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9 |
| PostgreSQL versions | 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 |
| Repository | Unspecified |
| Extension type | Standard |
| Project status | Active |
| Distribution | amazon-rds-postgresql |
| Vendor | AWS |
| Requires CREATE EXTENSION | Yes |
| Requires preload | No |
| Trusted | No |
| Schema | rds_tools |
| Latest release | 2025-02-13 |
| Catalogue updated | 2026-07-30 |
| pgfr_control | Vacuum diagnostics, autovacuum scale-factor recommendations, and table bloat analysis for pgfr_record. |
| autovacuum_informations | PostgreSQL extension that adds functions for reporting the autovacuum launcher PID and autovacuum worker information. |
| pgmonitor | Collector-friendly metric views and background refresh worker |
| shacrypt | Implements SHA256-CRYPT and SHA512-CRYPT password encryption schemes |
| cryptint | Encryption functions for int and bigint values |
| pgsodium | Postgres extension for libsodium functions |
| pgtelemetry | Provides monitoring views and functions for PostgreSQL activity, storage, locks, replication, WAL, vacuum, and query statistics. |
| pgcryptokey | cryptographic key management |
| pg_datatype_password | SQL-only password data type and operators using pgcrypto Blowfish hashes, with trigger-based encryption before storage. |
| tencentdb_wal_stat | TencentDB proprietary WAL diagnostics extension that scans recent WAL files and attributes record counts, bytes, resource-manager types, and full-page images by database, schema, and relation. |