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doc: a witness server is also relevant for primary visibility consensus checks

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Clarify documentation and example to make it clear that a witness
server, if present, is also used for primary visibility consensus
checks.
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Ian Barwick
2020-02-24 15:25:15 +09:00
parent 0c270242a3
commit 0c8a636293
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doc/repmgrd-automatic-failover.xml
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connected. Beginning with <link linkend="release-4.4">&repmgr; 4.4</link> connected. Beginning with <link linkend="release-4.4">&repmgr; 4.4</link>
it is now possible for the affected standbys to build a consensus about whether it is now possible for the affected standbys to build a consensus about whether
the primary is still available to some standbys (&quot;primary visibility consensus&quot;). the primary is still available to some standbys (&quot;primary visibility consensus&quot;).
This is done by polling each standby for the time it last saw the primary; This is done by polling each standby (and the witness, if present) for the time it last saw the
if any have seen the primary very recently, it's reasonable primary; if any have seen the primary very recently, it's reasonable
to infer that the primary is still available and a failover should not be started. to infer that the primary is still available and a failover should not be started.
</para> </para>
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@
<programlisting>$ repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf service status <programlisting>$ repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf service status
ID | Name | Role | Status | Upstream | repmgrd | PID | Paused? | Upstream last seen ID | Name | Role | Status | Upstream | repmgrd | PID | Paused? | Upstream last seen
----+-------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+-------+---------+-------------------- ----+-------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+-------+---------+--------------------
1 | node1 | primary | * running | | running | 96563 | no | n/a 1 | node1 | primary | * running | | running | 27259 | no | n/a
2 | node2 | standby | running | node1 | running | 96572 | no | 1 second(s) ago 2 | node2 | standby | running | node1 | running | 27272 | no | 1 second(s) ago
3 | node3 | standby | running | node1 | running | 96584 | no | 0 second(s) ago</programlisting> 3 | node3 | standby | running | node1 | running | 27282 | no | 0 second(s) ago
4 | node4 | witness | * running | node1 | running | 27298 | no | 1 second(s) ago</programlisting>
</para> </para>

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doc/repmgrd-configuration.xml
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</indexterm> </indexterm>
<para> <para>
If <literal>true</literal>, only continue with failover if no standbys have seen If <literal>true</literal>, only continue with failover if no standbys
the primary node recently. (or the witness server, if present) have seen the primary node recently.
</para> </para>
<note> <note>
<para> <para>