The PostgreSQL documentation describes all of the settings we will be discussing. We recommend that you visit the https://www.postgresql.org/ website and read the documentation regarding server configuration. There's probably too much to absorb before continuing with this section, but we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the settings presented here.
We will approach each setting in the order commonly encountered in a recent postgresql.conf file generated in a new database.
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