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Ian Barwick
2016-01-14 21:00:30 +09:00
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permission is for PostgreSQL's streaming replication and doesn't
necessarily need to be the `repmgr` user.
- When cloning a standby, why do I need to provide the connection parameters
for the primary server on the command line, not in the configuration file?
Cloning a standby is a one-time action; the role of the server being cloned
from could change, so fixing it in the configuration file would create
confusion. If `repmgr` needs to establish a connection to the primary
server, it can retrieve this from the `repl_nodes` table or if necessary
scan the replication cluster until it locates the active primary.
`repmgrd`
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