Add configuration file "passfile"

This will enable a custom .pgpass to be included in "primary_conninfo"
(provided it's supported by the libpq version on the standby).

configfile.c

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ _parse_config(t_configuration_options *options, ItemList *error_list, ItemList *
 	memset(options->recovery_min_apply_delay, 0, sizeof(options->recovery_min_apply_delay));
 	options->recovery_min_apply_delay_provided = false;
 	options->use_primary_conninfo_password = false;
+	memset(options->passfile, 0, sizeof(options->passfile));
 
 	/*-----------------
 	 * repmgrd settings
@@ -495,6 +496,8 @@ _parse_config(t_configuration_options *options, ItemList *error_list, ItemList *
 		}
 		else if (strcmp(name, "use_primary_conninfo_password") == 0)
 			options->use_primary_conninfo_password = parse_bool(value, name, error_list);
+		else if (strcmp(name, "passfile") == 0)
+			strncpy(options->passfile, value, sizeof(options->passfile));
 
 		/* node check settings */
 		else if (strcmp(name, "archive_ready_warning") == 0)

configfile.h

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char		recovery_min_apply_delay[MAXLEN];
 	bool		recovery_min_apply_delay_provided;
 	bool		use_primary_conninfo_password;
+	char		passfile[MAXPGPATH];
 
 	/* node check settings */
 	int			archive_ready_warning;
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ typedef struct
 		/* log settings */ \
 		"", "", "", DEFAULT_LOG_STATUS_INTERVAL,	\
 		/* standby action settings */ \
-		false, "", "", { NULL, NULL }, "", false, false, \
+		false, "", "", { NULL, NULL }, "", false, false, "",	\
 		/* node check settings */ \
 		DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_READY_WARNING, DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_READY_CRITICAL, \
 		DEFAULT_REPLICATION_LAG_WARNING, DEFAULT_REPLICATION_LAG_CRITICAL, \

dbutils.c

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ parse_conninfo_string(const char *conninfo_str, t_conninfo_param_list *param_lis
 			(option->val != NULL && option->val[0] == '\0'))
 			continue;
 
-		/* Ignore application_name */
+		/* Ignore settings specific to the upstream node */
 		if (ignore_local_params == true)
 		{
 			if (strcmp(option->keyword, "application_name") == 0)
@@ -678,6 +678,33 @@ param_list_to_string(t_conninfo_param_list *param_list)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * check whether the libpq version in use recognizes the "passfile" parameter
+ * (should be 9.6 and later)
+ */
+bool
+has_passfile(void)
+{
+	PQconninfoOption *defs = PQconndefaults();
+	PQconninfoOption *def = NULL;
+    bool has_passfile = false;
+
+   	for (def = defs; def->keyword; def++)
+    {
+        if (strcmp(def->keyword, "passfile") == 0)
+        {
+            has_passfile = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+	PQconninfoFree(defs);
+
+    return has_passfile;
+}
+
+
+
 /* ===================== */
 /* transaction functions */
 /* ===================== */

dbutils.h

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ void		param_set_ine(t_conninfo_param_list *param_list, const char *param, const
 char	   *param_get(t_conninfo_param_list *param_list, const char *param);
 bool		parse_conninfo_string(const char *conninfo_str, t_conninfo_param_list *param_list, char *errmsg, bool ignore_local_params);
 char	   *param_list_to_string(t_conninfo_param_list *param_list);
+bool		has_passfile(void);
 
 /* transaction functions */
 bool		begin_transaction(PGconn *conn);

repmgr-action-standby.c

@@ -4970,6 +4970,17 @@ write_primary_conninfo(char *line, t_conninfo_param_list *param_list)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* passfile provided as configuration option */
+	if (config_file_options.passfile[0] != '\n')
+	{
+		/* check if the libpq we're using supports "passfile=" */
+		if (has_passfile() == true)
+		{
+			appendPQExpBuffer(&conninfo_buf, " passfile=");
+			appendConnStrVal(&conninfo_buf, config_file_options.passfile);
+		}
+	}
+
 	escaped = escape_recovery_conf_value(conninfo_buf.data);
 	maxlen_snprintf(line, "primary_conninfo = '%s'\n", escaped);
 

repmgr.conf.sample

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 #use_primary_conninfo_password=false    # explicitly set "password" in recovery.conf's
                                         # "primary_conninfo" parameter using the value contained
                                         # in the environment variable PGPASSWORD
-
+#passfile=''                            # path to .pgpass file to include in "primary_conninfo"
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # external command options
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------