Update README - add witness create section

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Ian Barwick
2015-03-12 10:44:38 +09:00
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@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ its port if is different from the default one.
must be used by specifying `--rsync-only`. In this case,
password-less SSH connections between servers are required.
* standby promote
* `standby promote`
Promotes a standby to a master if the current master has failed. This
command requires a valid `repmgr.conf` file for the standby, either
@@ -373,7 +372,21 @@ its port if is different from the default one.
This command will not function if the current master is still running.
* standby follow
* `witness create`
Creates a witness server as a separate PostgreSQL instance. This instance
can be on a separate server or a server running an existing node. The
witness server contain a copy of the repmgr metadata tables but will not
be set up as a standby; instead it will update its metadata copy each
time a failover occurs.
Note that it only makes sense to create a witness server if `repmgrd`
is in use; see section "witness server" above.
By default the witness server will use port 5499 to facilitate easier setup
on a server running an existing node.
* `standby follow`
Attaches the standby to a new master. This command requires a valid
`repmgr.conf` file for the standby, either specified explicitly with
@@ -383,7 +396,7 @@ its port if is different from the default one.
This command will force a restart of the standby server. It can only be used
to attach a standby to a new master node.
* cluster show
* `cluster show`
Displays information about each node in the replication cluster. This
command polls each registered server and shows its role (master / standby /
@@ -404,7 +417,7 @@ its port if is different from the default one.
standby | host=node3 dbname=repmgr_db user=repmgr_usr
* cluster cleanup
* `cluster cleanup`
Purges monitoring history from the `repl_monitor` table to prevent excessive
table growth. Use the `-k/--keep-history` to specify the number of days of
@@ -497,8 +510,6 @@ Thanks from the repmgr core team.
* Simon Riggs
* Cedric Villemain
Further reading
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