From 00391ba95d83b7d341d446174fee93a18e0274c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Barwick Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:12:38 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] README: clarify possible values for 'wal_level' Per gripe in GitHub #251 --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e0db02b..d07f56d7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -314,7 +314,13 @@ The following replication settings may need to be adjusted: max_wal_senders = 10 # Ensure WAL files contain enough information to enable read-only queries - # on the standby + # on the standby. + # + # PostgreSQL 9.5 and earlier: one of 'hot_standby' or 'logical' + # PostgreSQL 9.6 and later: one of 'replica' or 'logical' + # ('hot_standby' will still be accepted as an alias for 'replica') + # + # See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-LEVEL wal_level = 'hot_standby'