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## Service hardening {#module-services-postgres-hardening}
The service created by the [`postgresql`-module](#opt-services.postgresql.enable) uses
several common hardening options from `systemd`, most notably:
* Memory pages must not be both writable and executable (this only applies to non-JIT setups).
* A system call filter (see {manpage}`systemd.exec(5)` for details on `@system-service`).
* A stricter default UMask (`0027`).
* Only sockets of type `AF_INET`/`AF_INET6`/`AF_NETLINK`/`AF_UNIX` allowed.
* Restricted filesystem access (private `/tmp`, most of the file-system hierachy is mounted read-only, only process directories in `/proc` that are owned by the same user).
The NixOS module also contains necessary adjustments for extensions from `nixpkgs`
if these are enabled. If an extension or a postgresql feature from `nixpkgs` breaks
with hardening, it's considered a bug.
When using extensions that are not packaged in `nixpkgs`, hardening adjustments may
become necessary.
## Notable differences to upstream {#module-services-postgres-upstream-deviation}
- To avoid circular dependencies between default and -dev outputs, the output of the `pg_config` system view has been removed.