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