#### Enable metrics and graphs for Postgres (optional)
Expanding on the metrics exposed by the Synapse exporter and the Node exporter, the playbook can also install and configure the [postgres exporter](https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter) that exposes more detailed information about what's happening on your postgres database.
Expanding on the metrics exposed by the Synapse exporter and the Node exporter, the playbook can also install and configure the [PostgreSQL Server Exporter](https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter) that exposes more detailed information about what's happening on your Postgres database.
To enable it, add the following configuration to your `vars.yml` file:
`prometheus_postgres_exporter_enabled`|Enable the postgres prometheus exporter. This sets up the docker container, connects it to the database and adds a 'job' to the prometheus config which tells prometheus about this new exporter. The default is 'false'
`prometheus_postgres_exporter_enabled`|Enable the Postgres Prometheus exporter. This sets up the docker container, connects it to the database and adds a 'job' to the Prometheus config which tells Prometheus about this new exporter. The default is 'false'
`prometheus_postgres_exporter_container_labels_traefik_enabled`|If set to `true`, exposes the Postgres exporter metrics on `https://matrix.example.com/metrics/postgres-exporter` for usage with an [external Prometheus server](#collecting-metrics-to-an-external-prometheus-server). To password-protect the metrics, see `matrix_metrics_exposure_http_basic_auth_users` below.
#### Extending the configuration
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- [The Prometheus scraping rules](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/tree/master/contrib/prometheus) (we use v2)