diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1b86c19..23dc763 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ RUN install --verbose --directory --owner postgres --group postgres --mode 1777
 VOLUME /etc/repmgr
 
 COPY --chmod=644 --chown=postgres profile /var/lib/postgresql/.profile
-# COPY --chmod=755 postgres.sh /usr/local/bin/postgres
-COPY docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/* /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
-COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
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+
+COPY --chmod=755 entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
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diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b58399e..0000000
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,383 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -Eeo pipefail
-
-# usage: file_env VAR [DEFAULT]
-#    ie: file_env 'XYZ_DB_PASSWORD' 'example'
-# (will allow for "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD_FILE" to fill in the value of
-#  "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD" from a file, especially for Docker's secrets feature)
-file_env() {
-	local var="$1"
-	local fileVar="${var}_FILE"
-	local def="${2:-}"
-	if [ "${!var:-}" ] && [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
-		printf >&2 'error: both %s and %s are set (but are exclusive)\n' "$var" "$fileVar"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	local val="$def"
-	if [ "${!var:-}" ]; then
-		val="${!var}"
-	elif [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
-		val="$(< "${!fileVar}")"
-	fi
-	export "$var"="$val"
-	unset "$fileVar"
-}
-
-# check to see if this file is being run or sourced from another script
-_is_sourced() {
-	# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/215279
-	[ "${#FUNCNAME[@]}" -ge 2 ] \
-		&& [ "${FUNCNAME[0]}" = '_is_sourced' ] \
-		&& [ "${FUNCNAME[1]}" = 'source' ]
-}
-
-# used to create initial postgres directories and if run as root, ensure ownership to the "postgres" user
-docker_create_db_directories() {
-	local user; user="$(id -u)"
-
-	mkdir -p "$PGDATA"
-	# ignore failure since there are cases where we can't chmod (and PostgreSQL might fail later anyhow - it's picky about permissions of this directory)
-	chmod 00700 "$PGDATA" || :
-
-	# ignore failure since it will be fine when using the image provided directory; see also https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/289
-	mkdir -p /var/run/postgresql || :
-	chmod 03775 /var/run/postgresql || :
-
-	# Create the transaction log directory before initdb is run so the directory is owned by the correct user
-	if [ -n "${POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR:-}" ]; then
-		mkdir -p "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR"
-		if [ "$user" = '0' ]; then
-			find "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" \! -user postgres -exec chown postgres '{}' +
-		fi
-		chmod 700 "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR"
-	fi
-
-	# allow the container to be started with `--user`
-	if [ "$user" = '0' ]; then
-		find "$PGDATA" \! -user postgres -exec chown postgres '{}' +
-		find /var/run/postgresql \! -user postgres -exec chown postgres '{}' +
-	fi
-}
-
-# initialize empty PGDATA directory with new database via 'initdb'
-# arguments to `initdb` can be passed via POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS or as arguments to this function
-# `initdb` automatically creates the "postgres", "template0", and "template1" dbnames
-# this is also where the database user is created, specified by `POSTGRES_USER` env
-docker_init_database_dir() {
-	# "initdb" is particular about the current user existing in "/etc/passwd", so we use "nss_wrapper" to fake that if necessary
-	# see https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/253, https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/359, https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html
-	local uid; uid="$(id -u)"
-	if ! getent passwd "$uid" &> /dev/null; then
-		# see if we can find a suitable "libnss_wrapper.so" (https://salsa.debian.org/sssd-team/nss-wrapper/-/commit/b9925a653a54e24d09d9b498a2d913729f7abb15)
-		local wrapper
-		for wrapper in {/usr,}/lib{/*,}/libnss_wrapper.so; do
-			if [ -s "$wrapper" ]; then
-				NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD="$(mktemp)"
-				NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP="$(mktemp)"
-				export LD_PRELOAD="$wrapper" NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP
-				local gid; gid="$(id -g)"
-				printf 'postgres:x:%s:%s:PostgreSQL:%s:/bin/false\n' "$uid" "$gid" "$PGDATA" > "$NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD"
-				printf 'postgres:x:%s:\n' "$gid" > "$NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP"
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-
-	if [ -n "${POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR:-}" ]; then
-		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
-	fi
-
-	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
-
-	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
-	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
-		rm -f "$NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD" "$NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP"
-		unset LD_PRELOAD NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP
-	fi
-}
-
-# print large warning if POSTGRES_PASSWORD is long
-# error if both POSTGRES_PASSWORD is empty and POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD is not 'trust'
-# print large warning if POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD is set to 'trust'
-# assumes database is not set up, ie: [ -z "$DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS" ]
-docker_verify_minimum_env() {
-	if [ -z "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" ] && [ 'trust' != "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD" ]; then
-		# The - option suppresses leading tabs but *not* spaces. :)
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOE'
-			Error: Database is uninitialized and superuser password is not specified.
-			       You must specify POSTGRES_PASSWORD to a non-empty value for the
-			       superuser. For example, "-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password" on "docker run".
-
-			       You may also use "POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust" to allow all
-			       connections without a password. This is *not* recommended.
-
-			       See PostgreSQL documentation about "trust":
-			       https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-trust.html
-		EOE
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	if [ 'trust' = "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD" ]; then
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOWARN'
-			********************************************************************************
-			WARNING: POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD has been set to "trust". This will allow
-			         anyone with access to the Postgres port to access your database without
-			         a password, even if POSTGRES_PASSWORD is set. See PostgreSQL
-			         documentation about "trust":
-			         https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-trust.html
-			         In Docker's default configuration, this is effectively any other
-			         container on the same system.
-
-			         It is not recommended to use POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust. Replace
-			         it with "-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password" instead to set a password in
-			         "docker run".
-			********************************************************************************
-		EOWARN
-	fi
-}
-# similar to the above, but errors if there are any "old" databases detected (usually due to upgrades without pg_upgrade)
-docker_error_old_databases() {
-	if [ -n "${OLD_DATABASES[0]:-}" ]; then
-		cat >&2 <<-EOE
-			Error: in 18+, these Docker images are configured to store database data in a
-			       format which is compatible with "pg_ctlcluster" (specifically, using
-			       major-version-specific directory names).  This better reflects how
-			       PostgreSQL itself works, and how upgrades are to be performed.
-
-			       See also https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/1259
-
-			       Counter to that, there appears to be PostgreSQL data in:
-			         ${OLD_DATABASES[*]}
-
-			       This is usually the result of upgrading the Docker image without
-			       upgrading the underlying database using "pg_upgrade" (which requires both
-			       versions).
-
-			       The suggested container configuration for 18+ is to place a single mount
-			       at /var/lib/postgresql which will then place PostgreSQL data in a
-			       subdirectory, allowing usage of "pg_upgrade --link" without mount point
-			       boundary issues.
-
-			       See https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/37 for a (long)
-			       discussion around this process, and suggestions for how to do so.
-		EOE
-		exit 1
-	fi
-}
-
-# usage: docker_process_init_files [file [file [...]]]
-#    ie: docker_process_init_files /always-initdb.d/*
-# process initializer files, based on file extensions and permissions
-docker_process_init_files() {
-	# psql here for backwards compatibility "${psql[@]}"
-	psql=( docker_process_sql )
-
-	printf '\n'
-	local f
-	for f; do
-		case "$f" in
-			*.sh)
-				# https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/450#issuecomment-393167936
-				# https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/452
-				if [ -x "$f" ]; then
-					printf '%s: running %s\n' "$0" "$f"
-					"$f"
-				else
-					printf '%s: sourcing %s\n' "$0" "$f"
-					. "$f"
-				fi
-				;;
-			*.sql)     printf '%s: running %s\n' "$0" "$f"; docker_process_sql -f "$f"; printf '\n' ;;
-			*.sql.gz)  printf '%s: running %s\n' "$0" "$f"; gunzip -c "$f" | docker_process_sql; printf '\n' ;;
-			*.sql.xz)  printf '%s: running %s\n' "$0" "$f"; xzcat "$f" | docker_process_sql; printf '\n' ;;
-			*.sql.zst) printf '%s: running %s\n' "$0" "$f"; zstd -dc "$f" | docker_process_sql; printf '\n' ;;
-			*)         printf '%s: ignoring %s\n' "$0" "$f" ;;
-		esac
-		printf '\n'
-	done
-}
-
-# Execute sql script, passed via stdin (or -f flag of pqsl)
-# usage: docker_process_sql [psql-cli-args]
-#    ie: docker_process_sql --dbname=mydb <<<'INSERT ...'
-#    ie: docker_process_sql -f my-file.sql
-#    ie: docker_process_sql <my-file.sql
-docker_process_sql() {
-	local query_runner=( psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --no-password --no-psqlrc )
-	if [ -n "$POSTGRES_DB" ]; then
-		query_runner+=( --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" )
-	fi
-
-	PGHOST= PGHOSTADDR= "${query_runner[@]}" "$@"
-}
-
-# create initial database
-# uses environment variables for input: POSTGRES_DB
-docker_setup_db() {
-	local dbAlreadyExists
-	dbAlreadyExists="$(
-		POSTGRES_DB= docker_process_sql --dbname postgres --set db="$POSTGRES_DB" --tuples-only <<-'EOSQL'
-			SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = :'db' ;
-		EOSQL
-	)"
-	if [ -z "$dbAlreadyExists" ]; then
-		POSTGRES_DB= docker_process_sql --dbname postgres --set db="$POSTGRES_DB" <<-'EOSQL'
-			CREATE DATABASE :"db" ;
-		EOSQL
-		printf '\n'
-	fi
-}
-
-# Loads various settings that are used elsewhere in the script
-# This should be called before any other functions
-docker_setup_env() {
-	file_env 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD'
-
-	file_env 'POSTGRES_USER' 'postgres'
-	file_env 'POSTGRES_DB' "$POSTGRES_USER"
-	file_env 'POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS'
-	: "${POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD:=}"
-
-	declare -g DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS
-	: "${DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS:=}"
-	declare -ag OLD_DATABASES=()
-	# look specifically for PG_VERSION, as it is expected in the DB dir
-	if [ -s "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]; then
-		DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS='true'
-	elif [ "$PGDATA" = "/var/lib/postgresql/$PG_MAJOR/docker" ]; then
-		# https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/1259
-		for d in /var/lib/postgresql /var/lib/postgresql/data /var/lib/postgresql/*/docker; do
-			if [ -s "$d/PG_VERSION" ]; then
-				OLD_DATABASES+=( "$d" )
-			fi
-		done
-		if [ "${#OLD_DATABASES[@]}" -eq 0 ] && [ "$PG_MAJOR" -ge 18 ] && mountpoint -q /var/lib/postgresql/data; then
-			OLD_DATABASES+=( '/var/lib/postgresql/data (unused mount/volume)' )
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-# append POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD to pg_hba.conf for "host" connections
-# all arguments will be passed along as arguments to `postgres` for getting the value of 'password_encryption'
-pg_setup_hba_conf() {
-	# default authentication method is md5 on versions before 14
-	# https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-14-released-2318/
-	if [ "$1" = 'postgres' ]; then
-		shift
-	fi
-	local auth
-	# check the default/configured encryption and use that as the auth method
-	auth="$(postgres -C password_encryption "$@")"
-	: "${POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD:=$auth}"
-	{
-		printf '\n'
-		if [ 'trust' = "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD" ]; then
-			printf '# warning trust is enabled for all connections\n'
-			printf '# see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/auth-trust.html\n'
-		fi
-		printf 'host all all all %s\n' "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD"
-	} >> "$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf"
-}
-
-# start socket-only postgresql server for setting up or running scripts
-# all arguments will be passed along as arguments to `postgres` (via pg_ctl)
-docker_temp_server_start() {
-	if [ "$1" = 'postgres' ]; then
-		shift
-	fi
-
-	# internal start of server in order to allow setup using psql client
-	# does not listen on external TCP/IP and waits until start finishes
-	set -- "$@" -c listen_addresses='' -p "${PGPORT:-5432}"
-
-	# unset NOTIFY_SOCKET so the temporary server doesn't prematurely notify
-	# any process supervisor.
-	NOTIFY_SOCKET= \
-	PGUSER="${PGUSER:-$POSTGRES_USER}" \
-	pg_ctl -D "$PGDATA" \
-		-o "$(printf '%q ' "$@")" \
-		-w start
-}
-
-# stop postgresql server after done setting up user and running scripts
-docker_temp_server_stop() {
-	PGUSER="${PGUSER:-postgres}" \
-	pg_ctl -D "$PGDATA" -m fast -w stop
-}
-
-# check arguments for an option that would cause postgres to stop
-# return true if there is one
-_pg_want_help() {
-	local arg
-	for arg; do
-		case "$arg" in
-			# postgres --help | grep 'then exit'
-			# leaving out -C on purpose since it always fails and is unhelpful:
-			# postgres: could not access the server configuration file "/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory
-			-'?'|--help|--describe-config|-V|--version)
-				return 0
-				;;
-		esac
-	done
-	return 1
-}
-
-_main() {
-	# if first arg looks like a flag, assume we want to run postgres server
-	if [ "${1:0:1}" = '-' ]; then
-		set -- postgres "$@"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$1" = 'postgres' ] && ! _pg_want_help "$@"; then
-		docker_setup_env
-		# setup data directories and permissions (when run as root)
-		docker_create_db_directories
-		if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
-			# then restart script as postgres user
-			exec gosu postgres "$BASH_SOURCE" "$@"
-		fi
-
-		# only run initialization on an empty data directory
-		if [ -z "$DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS" ]; then
-			docker_verify_minimum_env
-			docker_error_old_databases
-
-			# check dir permissions to reduce likelihood of half-initialized database
-			ls /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/ > /dev/null
-
-			docker_init_database_dir
-			pg_setup_hba_conf "$@"
-
-			# PGPASSWORD is required for psql when authentication is required for 'local' connections via pg_hba.conf and is otherwise harmless
-			# e.g. when '--auth=md5' or '--auth-local=md5' is used in POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS
-			export PGPASSWORD="${PGPASSWORD:-$POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
-			docker_temp_server_start "$@"
-
-			docker_setup_db
-			docker_process_init_files /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*
-
-			docker_temp_server_stop
-			unset PGPASSWORD
-
-			cat <<-'EOM'
-
-				PostgreSQL init process complete; ready for start up.
-
-			EOM
-		else
-			cat <<-'EOM'
-
-				PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
-
-			EOM
-		fi
-	fi
-
-  postgres &
-  repmgrd -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf --pid-file /tmp/repmgrd.pid
-
-}
-
-if ! _is_sourced; then
-	_main "$@"
-fi
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diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7748dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -Eeo pipefail
+
+file_env() {
+	local var="$1"
+	local fileVar="${var}_FILE"
+	local def="${2:-}"
+	if [ "${!var:-}" ] && [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		printf >&2 'error: both %s and %s are set (but are exclusive)\n' "$var" "$fileVar"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	local val="$def"
+	if [ "${!var:-}" ]; then
+		val="${!var}"
+	elif [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		val="$(< "${!fileVar}")"
+	fi
+	export "$var"="$val"
+	unset "$fileVar"
+}
+
+docker_setup_env() {
+	file_env 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD'
+}
+
+docker_create_db_directories() {
+	local user; user="$(id -u)"
+	mkdir -p "$PGDATA"
+	chmod 00700 "$PGDATA" || :
+	mkdir -p /var/run/postgresql || :
+	chmod 03775 /var/run/postgresql || :
+	if [ "$user" = '0' ]; then
+		find "$PGDATA" \! -user postgres -exec chown postgres '{}' +
+		find /var/run/postgresql \! -user postgres -exec chown postgres '{}' +
+	fi
+}
+
+docker_init_database_dir() {
+	local uid; uid="$(id -u)"
+	if ! getent passwd "$uid" &> /dev/null; then
+		local wrapper
+		for wrapper in {/usr,}/lib{/*,}/libnss_wrapper.so; do
+			if [ -s "$wrapper" ]; then
+				NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD="$(mktemp)"
+				NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP="$(mktemp)"
+				export LD_PRELOAD="$wrapper" NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP
+				local gid; gid="$(id -g)"
+				printf 'postgres:x:%s:%s:PostgreSQL:%s:/bin/false\n' "$uid" "$gid" "$PGDATA" > "$NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD"
+				printf 'postgres:x:%s:\n' "$gid" > "$NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP"
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+	eval 'initdb --username=postgres --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+
+	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
+		rm -f "$NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD" "$NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP"
+		unset LD_PRELOAD NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP
+	fi
+}
+
+docker_temp_server_start() {
+  NOTIFY_SOCKET= \
+  PGUSER="${PGUSER:-postgres}" \
+  pg_ctl -D "$PGDATA" \
+  	-o "-c listen_addresses='*' -p 5432" \
+   	-w start
+}
+
+docker_temp_server_stop() {
+	PGUSER="${PGUSER:-postgres}" \
+	pg_ctl -D "$PGDATA" -m fast -w stop
+}
+
+pg_setup_conf() {
+	{
+		printf "\n"
+    printf "archive_command          = '/bin/true'\n"
+    printf "archive_mode             = on\n"
+    printf "hot_standby              = on\n"
+    printf "max_wal_senders          = 10\n"
+    printf "max_replication_slots    = 10\n"
+    printf "shared_preload_libraries = 'repmgr'\n"
+    if [[ -n $POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS ]]; then
+      printf "\nmax_connections = ${POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS}\n"
+    fi
+	} >> "$PGDATA/postgresql.conf"
+}
+
+pg_setup_hba_conf() {
+	{
+		printf '\n'
+    printf 'local all          all     trust\n'
+    printf 'local replication  repmgr  trust\n'
+    printf 'local repmgr       repmgr  trust\n'
+		printf '\n'
+    printf 'host  replication  repmgr  127.0.0.1/32  trust\n'
+    printf 'host  repmgr       repmgr  127.0.0.1/32  trust\n'
+		printf '\n'
+    printf 'host  replication  repmgr  %s  trust\n' "${POSTGRES_NETWORK:-100.64.0.0/10}"
+    printf 'host  repmgr       repmgr  %s  trust\n' "${POSTGRES_NETWORK:-100.64.0.0/10}"
+    printf '\n'
+    printf 'host  all all all scram-sha-256'
+	} >> "$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf"
+}
+
+repmgr_setup_conf() {
+  {
+    printf "node_id   = %s\n" "$REPMGR_NODE_ID"
+    printf "node_name = %s\n" "$REPMGR_NODE_NAME"
+    printf "conninfo  = 'host=%s dbname=repmgr user=repmgr connect_timeout=2'\n" "$REPMGR_NODE_NAME"
+    printf "location  = '%s'\n" "$REPMGR_NODE_LOCATION"
+    printf "\n"
+    printf "data_directory        = '/var/lib/postgresql/data'\n"
+    printf "use_replication_slots = on\n"
+    printf "pg_bindir             = '/usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/'\n"
+    printf "\n"
+    printf "failover        = automatic\n"
+    printf "promote_command = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'\n"
+    printf "follow_command  = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow  -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n'\n"
+    printf "\n"
+    printf "primary_visibility_consensus = on\n"
+  } > /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+
+}
+
+docker_setup_env
+docker_create_db_directories
+if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+	exec gosu postgres "$BASH_SOURCE"
+fi
+
+# convert to lowercase
+REPMGR_NODE_ROLE="${REPMGR_NODE_ROLE,,}"
+
+if [[ ! -s "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]]; then
+  repmgr_setup_conf
+
+  if [[ -n $REPMGR_UPSTREAM ]] && [[ -z $REPMGR_NODE_ROLE ]]; then
+    REPMGR_NODE_ROLE="standby"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ $REPMGR_NODE_ROLE != "standby" ]]; then
+    docker_init_database_dir
+    pg_setup_conf
+    pg_setup_hba_conf
+
+  	export PGPASSWORD="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
+	  docker_temp_server_start
+
+    psql -c "CREATE USER repmgr WITH SUPERUSER ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '${REPMGR_PASSWORD}';"
+    psql -c "CREATE DATABASE repmgr WITH OWNER repmgr;"
+    psql -c 'ALTER USER repmgr SET search_path TO repmgr, "$user", public;'
+
+		unset PGPASSWORD
+  else
+    until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby clone --dry-run &> /dev/null
+    do
+      echo "Upstream host not ready. Waiting for 5 minutes..."
+      sleep 300
+    done
+    echo "Upstream host found..."
+    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby clone
+	  docker_temp_server_start
+  fi
+
+  case "$REPMGR_NODE_ROLE" in
+    standby )
+      /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby register
+      ;;
+    witness )
+      until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf witness register &> /dev/null
+      do
+        echo "Primary host not ready. Waiting for 5 minutes..."
+        sleep 300
+      done
+      ;;
+    * )
+      /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf primary register
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  docker_temp_server_stop
+fi
+
+set -m
+
+postgres &
+
+sleep 10
+repmgrd -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf --pid-file /tmp/repmgrd.pid
+
+fg %1
diff --git a/postgres.sh b/postgres.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6348e3b..0000000
--- a/postgres.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-repmgrd -f /etc/repmgr.conf --pid-file /tmp/repmgrd.pid &
-
-export PATH="/usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin:${PATH}"
-
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/repmgr.conf b/repmgr.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9edfd66..0000000
--- a/repmgr.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-data_directory        = '/var/lib/postgresql/data'
-use_replication_slots = on
-pg_bindir             = '/usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/'
-failover              = automatic
-promote_command       = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'
-follow_command        = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n'
-primary_visibility_consensus = on
-