From e00b4461b3bbea5cac7ea9a2872834a2cd934015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Barwick Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 13:33:37 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Update HISTORY --- HISTORY | 281 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 280 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index ff2ef5f1..5faf0e36 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -1,2 +1,281 @@ -4.0 2017-09 +4.0 2017-10-04 + Complete rewrite with many changes; see file "doc/upgrading-from-repmgr3.md" + for details. + +3.3.2 2017-06-01 + Add support for PostgreSQL 10 (Ian) + repmgr: ensure --replication-user option is honoured when passing database + connection parameters as a conninfo string (Ian) + repmgr: improve detection of pg_rewind on remote server (Ian) + repmgr: add DETAIL log output for additional clarification of error messages (Ian) + repmgr: suppress various spurious error messages in `standby follow` and + `standby switchover` (Ian) + repmgr: add missing `-P` option (Ian) + repmgrd: monitoring statistic reporting fixes (Ian) + +3.3.1 2017-03-13 + repmgrd: prevent invalid apply lag value being written to the + monitoring table (Ian) + repmgrd: fix error in XLogRecPtr conversion when calculating + monitoring statistics (Ian) + repmgr: if replication slots in use, where possible delete slot on old + upstream node after following new upstream (Ian) + repmgr: improve logging of rsync actions (Ian) + repmgr: improve `standby clone` when synchronous replication in use (Ian) + repmgr: stricter checking of allowed node id values + repmgr: enable `master register --force` when there is a foreign key + dependency from a standby node (Ian) + +3.3 2016-12-27 + repmgr: always log to STDERR even if log facility defined (Ian) + repmgr: add --log-to-file to log repmgr output to the defined + log facility (Ian) + repmgr: improve handling of command line parameter errors (Ian) + repmgr: add option --upstream-conninfo to explicitly set + 'primary_conninfo' in recovery.conf (Ian) + repmgr: enable a standby to be registered which isn't running (Ian) + repmgr: enable `standby register --force` to update a node record + with cascaded downstream node records (Ian) + repmgr: add option `--no-conninfo-password` (Abhijit, Ian) + repmgr: add initial support for PostgreSQL 10.0 (Ian) + repmgr: escape values in primary_conninfo if needed (Ian) + +3.2.1 2016-10-24 + repmgr: require a valid repmgr cluster name unless -F/--force + supplied (Ian) + repmgr: check master server is registered with repmgr before + cloning (Ian) + repmgr: ensure data directory defaults to that of the source node (Ian) + repmgr: various fixes to Barman cloning mode (Gianni, Ian) + repmgr: fix `repmgr cluster crosscheck` output (Ian) + +3.2 2016-10-05 + repmgr: add support for cloning from a Barman backup (Gianni) + repmgr: add commands `standby matrix` and `standby crosscheck` (Gianni) + repmgr: suppress connection error display in `repmgr cluster show` + unless `--verbose` supplied (Ian) + repmgr: add commands `witness register` and `witness unregister` (Ian) + repmgr: enable `standby unregister` / `witness unregister` to be + executed for a node which is not running (Ian) + repmgr: remove deprecated command line options --initdb-no-pwprompt and + -l/--local-port (Ian) + repmgr: before cloning with pg_basebackup, check that sufficient free + walsenders are available (Ian) + repmgr: add option `--wait-sync` for `standby register` which causes + repmgr to wait for the registered node record to synchronise to + the standby (Ian) + repmgr: add option `--copy-external-config-files` for files outside + of the data directory (Ian) + repmgr: only require `wal_keep_segments` to be set in certain corner + cases (Ian) + repmgr: better support cloning from a node other than the one to + stream from (Ian) + repmgrd: add configuration options to override the default pg_ctl + commands (Jarkko Oranen, Ian) + repmgrd: don't start if node is inactive and failover=automatic (Ian) + packaging: improve "repmgr-auto" Debian package (Gianni) + + +3.1.5 2016-08-15 + repmgrd: in a failover situation, prevent endless looping when + attempting to establish the status of a node with + `failover=manual` (Ian) + repmgrd: improve handling of failover events on standbys with + `failover=manual`, and create a new event notification + for this, `standby_disconnect_manual` (Ian) + repmgr: add further event notifications (Gianni) + repmgr: when executing `standby switchover`, don't collect remote + command output unless required (Gianni, Ian) + repmgrd: improve standby monitoring query (Ian, based on suggestion + from Álvaro) + repmgr: various command line handling improvements (Ian) + +3.1.4 2016-07-12 + repmgr: new configuration option for setting "restore_command" + in the recovery.conf file generated by repmgr (Martín) + repmgr: add --csv option to "repmgr cluster show" (Gianni) + repmgr: enable provision of a conninfo string as the -d/--dbname + parameter, similar to other PostgreSQL utilities (Ian) + repmgr: during switchover operations improve detection of + demotion candidate shutdown (Ian) + various bugfixes and documentation updates (Ian, Martín) + +3.1.3 2016-05-17 + repmgrd: enable monitoring when a standby is catching up by + replaying archived WAL (Ian) + repmgrd: when upstream_node_id is NULL, assume upstream node + to be current master (Ian) + repmgrd: check for reappearance of the master node if standby + promotion fails (Ian) + improve handling of rsync failure conditions (Martín) + +3.1.2 2016-04-12 + Fix pg_ctl path generation in do_standby_switchover() (Ian) + Regularly sync witness server repl_nodes table (Ian) + Documentation improvements (Gianni, dhyannataraj) + (Experimental) ensure repmgr handles failover slots when copying + in rsync mode (Craig, Ian) + rsync mode handling fixes (Martín) + Enable repmgr to compile against 9.6devel (Ian) + +3.1.1 2016-02-24 + Add '-P/--pwprompt' option for "repmgr create witness" (Ian) + Prevent repmgr/repmgrd running as root (Ian) + +3.1.0 2016-02-01 + Add "repmgr standby switchover" command (Ian) + Revised README file (Ian) + Remove requirement for 'archive_mode' to be enabled (Ian) + Improve -?/--help output, showing default values if relevant (Ian) + Various bugfixes to command line/configuration parameter handling (Ian) + +3.0.3 2016-01-04 + Create replication slot if required before base backup is run (Abhijit) + standy clone: when using rsync, clean up "pg_replslot" directory (Ian) + Improve --help output (Ian) + Improve config file parsing (Ian) + Various logging output improvements, including explicit HINTS (Ian) + Add --log-level to explicitly set log level on command line (Ian) + Repurpose --verbose to display extra log output (Ian) + Add --terse to hide hints and other non-critical output (Ian) + Reference internal functions with explicit catalog path (Ian) + When following a new primary, have repmgr (not repmgrd) create the new slot (Ian) + Add /etc/repmgr.conf as a default configuration file location (Ian) + Prevent repmgrd's -v/--verbose option expecting a parameter (Ian) + Prevent invalid replication_lag values being written to the monitoring table (Ian) + Improve repmgrd behaviour when monitored standby node is temporarily + unavailable (Martín) + +3.0.2 2015-10-02 + Improve handling of --help/--version options; and improve help output (Ian) + Improve handling of situation where logfile can't be opened (Ian) + Always pass -D/--pgdata option to pg_basebackup (Ian) + Bugfix: standby clone --force does not empty pg_xlog (Gianni) + Bugfix: autofailover with reconnect_attempts > 1 (Gianni) + Bugfix: ignore comments after values (soxwellfb) + Bugfix: handle string values in 'node' parameter correctly (Gregory Duchatelet) + Allow repmgr to be compiled with a newer libpq (Marco) + Bugfix: call update_node_record_set_upstream() for STANDBY FOLLOW (Tomas) + Update `repmgr --help` output (per Github report from renard) + Update tablespace remapping in --rsync-only mode for 9.5 and later (Ian) + Deprecate `-l/--local-port` option - the port can be extracted + from the conninfo string in repmgr.conf (Ian) + Add STANDBY UNREGISTER (Vik Fearing) + Don't fail with error when registering master if schema already defined (Ian) + Fixes to whitespace handling when parsing config file (Ian) + +3.0.1 2015-04-16 + Prevent repmgrd from looping infinitely if node was not registered (Ian) + When promoting a standby, have repmgr (not repmgrd) handle metadata updates (Ian) + Re-use replication slot if it already exists (Ian) + Prevent a test SSH connection being made when not needed (Ian) + Correct monitoring table column names (Ian) + +3.0 2015-03-27 + Require PostgreSQL 9.3 or later (Ian) + Use `pg_basebackup` by default (instead of `rsync`) to clone standby servers (Ian) + Use `pg_ctl promote` to promote a standby to primary + Enable tablespace remapping using `pg_basebackup` (in PostgreSQL 9.3 with `rsync`) (Ian) + Support cascaded standbys (Ian) + "pg_bindir" no longer required as a configuration parameter (Ian) + Enable replication slots to be used (PostgreSQL 9.4 and later (Ian) + Command line option "--check-upstream-config" (Ian) + Add event logging table and option to execute an external program when an event occurs (Ian) + General usability and logging message improvements (Ian) + Code consolidation and cleanup (Ian) + +2.0.3 2015-04-16 + Add -S/--superuser option for witness database creation Ian) + Add -c/--fast-checkpoint option for cloning (Christoph) + Add option "--initdb-no-pwprompt" (Ian) + +2.0.2 2015-02-17 + Add "--checksum" in rsync when using "--force" (Jaime) + Use createdb/createuser instead of psql (Jaime) + Fixes to witness creation and monitoring (wamonite) + Use default master port if none supplied (Martín) + Documentation fixes and improvements (Ian) + +2.0.1 2014-07-16 + Documentation fixes and new QUICKSTART file (Ian) + Explicitly specify directories to ignore when cloning (Ian) + Fix log level for some log messages (Ian) + RHEL/CentOS specfile, init script and Makefile fixes (Nathan Van Overloop) + Debian init script and config file documentation fixes (József Kószó) + Typo fixes (Riegie Godwin Jeyaranchen, PriceChild) + +2.0stable 2014-01-30 + Documentation fixes (Christian) + General refactoring, code quality improvements and stabilization work (Christian) + Added proper daemonizing (-d/--daemonize) (Christian) + Added PID file handling (-p/--pid-file) (Christian) + New config option: monitor_interval_secs (Christian) + New config option: retry_promote_interval (Christian) + New config option: logfile (Christian) + New config option: pg_bindir (Christian) + New config option: pgctl_options (Christian) + +2.0beta2 2013-12-19 + Improve autofailover logic and algorithms (Jaime, Andres) + Ignore pg_log when cloning (Jaime) + Add timestamps to log line in stderr (Christian) + Correctly check wal_keep_segments (Jay Taylor) + Add a ssh_options parameter (Jay Taylor) + +2.0beta1 2012-07-27 + Make CLONE command try to make an exact copy including $PGDATA location (Cedric) + Add detection of master failure (Jaime) + Add the notion of a witness server (Jaime) + Add autofailover capabilities (Jaime) + Add a configuration parameter to indicate the script to execute on failover or follow (Jaime) + Make the monitoring optional and turned off by default, it can be turned on with --monitoring-history switch (Jaime) + Add tunables to specify number of retries to reconnect to master and the time between them (Jaime) + +1.2.0 2012-07-27 + Test ssh connection before trying to rsync (Cédric) + Add CLUSTER SHOW command (Carlo) + Add CLUSTER CLEANUP command (Jaime) + Add function write_primary_conninfo (Marco) + Teach repmgr how to get tablespace's location in different pg version (Jaime) + Improve version message (Carlo) + +1.1.1 2012-04-18 + Add --ignore-rsync-warning (Cédric) + Add strnlen for compatibility with OS X (Greg) + Improve performance of the repl_status view (Jaime) + Remove last argument from log_err (Jaime, Reported by Jeroen Dekkers) + Complete documentation about possible error conditions (Jaime) + Document how to clean history (Jaime) + +1.1.0 2011-03-09 + Make options -U, -R and -p not mandatory (Jaime) + +1.1.0b1 2011-02-24 + Fix missing "--force" option in help (Greg Smith) + Correct warning message for wal_keep_segments (Bas van Oostveen) + Add Debian build/usage docs (Bas, Hannu Krosing, Cedric Villemain) + Add Debian .deb packaging (Hannu) + Move configuration data into a structure (Bas, Gabriele Bartolini) + Make rsync options configurable (Bas) + Add syslog as alternate logging destination (Gabriele) + Change from using malloc to static memory allocations (Gabriele) + Add debugging messages after every query (Gabriele) + Parameterize schema name used for repmgr (Gabriele) + Avoid buffer overruns by using snprintf etc. (Gabriele) + Fix use of database query after close (Gabriele) + Add information about progress during "standby clone" (Gabriele) + Fix double free errors in repmgrd (Charles Duffy, Greg) + Make repmgr exit with an error code when encountering an error (Charles) + Standardize on error return codes, use in repmgrd too (Greg) + Add [un]install actions/SQL like most contrib modules (Daniel Farina) + Wrap all string construction and produce error on overflow (Daniel) + Correct freeing of memory from first_wal_segment (Daniel) + Allow creating recovery.conf file with a password (Daniel) + Inform when STANDBY CLONE sees an unused config file (Daniel) + Use 64-bit computation for WAL apply_lag (Greg) + Add info messages for database and general work done (Greg) + Map old verbose flag into a useful setting for the new logger (Greg) + Document repmgrd startup restrictions and log info about them (Greg) + +1.0.0 2010-12-05 First public release