# Enable postgres data collection

You must explicitly enable the agent to collect metrics and logs from PostgreSQL.

1. Deploy the agent on kubernetes.

2. Run these steps:

```console
kubectl exec -it <pod> bash
psql -U postgres
enter password to complete login

create user datadog with password '<PASSWORD>';
grant pg_monitor to datadog;
grant SELECT ON pg_stat_database to datadog;
```

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3. In teh PostgreSQL pods, add these annotations:

```yaml
ad.datadoghq.com/mysql.check_names: '[