a switchover.
We've found that this can cause some issues with postgres control
metadata (could be a postgres bug) so best thing is *not* no switchover
if there's a backup taking place.
It's also a bad idea from an architectual point of view, as a switchover
is supposed to be planed, so why perform it when we are taking backups.
GitHub #476.
If repmgrd is promoting the local node, it was only logging the contents
of "promote_command" at DEBUG level; it would be useful to see this at
the default log level.
Related to GitHub #473.
The documentation implied it would override "promote_command", which is
not the case.
"promote_command" is used by repmgrd to execute "repmgr standby promote"
(either directly or via a custom script).
"service_promote_command" can be set to specify a package-level service
command to promote the local PostgreSQL instance from standby to primary,
e.g. Debian's pg_ctlcluster. If set, this will be executed by "repmgr standby promote".
Also update code comments to clarify usage.
Related to GitHub #473.
This suppresses log output below log level ERROR. This is useful mainly
when repmgr is being executed programmatically, e.g. in a cronjob,
where it's only useful to receive output if something goes wrong.
Note we advise against using this option when executing repmgr
commands which operate on PostgreSQL nodes (standby follow,
standby promote, standby switchover, node rejoin), particularly when
executed by repmgrd, as the log output will provide valuable
troubleshooting information.
Implements suggestion in GitHub #468.
Default was previously NOTICE (as in repmgr 3.x) but documentation
implied it was INFO, and many of the the documentation examples assume
it is.
This produces some quite informative log output, without creating excessive
log file volume. In particular it's useful to get a better idea of what
repmgrd is actually doing.
Also add documentation section for the log configuration parameters.
GitHub #470, containing change suggested in GitHub #467.
If any issues are detected (e.g. node not reachable, unexpected node status
etc.), "repmgr cluster show" returns exit code 25 ("ERR_NODE_STATUS").
Note that exit code 25 was introduced recently as "ERR_CLUSTER_CHECK",
however it makes sense to use this to indicate issues detected by any
command which can detect node issues.
Addresses GitHub #456.
The default value for "wait_register_sync_seconds" was zero, which is treated
as disabling --wait-sync altogether. Default value now set to -1, which is taken
to mean no timeout value supplied.
This matches the behaviour of other PostgreSQL utilities such as psql, though
repmgr will only abort once all command line options are parsed, so as many
errors as possible are found and displayed. If a repmgr "command" (e.g.
"repmgr primary ..." was provided, a hint about the relevant command
help section (e.g. "repmgr primary --help") will be provided alongside
the generic help command (i.e. "repmgr --help").
Addresses GitHub #464, with further improvements.
It's hard to imagine a use case where this isn't desirable, but
in case, for whatever reason, the user does not wish to daemonize the
process, the command line option "--daemonize=false" can be provided.
Implements GitHub #458.
