Tasks that must run as the _postgres_ user need to explicity enable
`become`, in case it is not already enabled at the playbook level. This
can happen, for example, when the playbook is running directly as root.
The [postgres-exporter][0] exposes PostgreSQL server statistics to
Prometheus. It connects to a specified PostgreSQL server (in this
case, a server on the local machine via UNIX socket) and collects data
from the `pg_stat_activity`, et al. views. It needs the `pg_monitor`
role in order to be allowed to read the relevant metrics.
Since we're setting up the exporter to connect via UNIX socket, it needs
a dedicated OS user to match the PostgreSQL user in order to
authenticate via the _peer_ method.
[0]: https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter/
Dustin