Clean up whitespace

Fixes #44

HISTORY

@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-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)
+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)
+        Typo fixes (Riegie Godwin Jeyaranchen, PriceChild)
 
 2.0stable 2014-01-30
         Documentation fixes (Christian)
@@ -25,7 +37,7 @@
         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) 
+        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)
@@ -52,7 +64,7 @@
 1.1.0   2011-03-09
         Make options -U, -R and -p not mandatory (Jaime)
 
-1.1.0b1 2011-02-24 
+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)

QUICKSTART.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 repmgr: Quickstart guide
 ========================
 
-repmgr is an open-source tool suite for mananaging replication and failover
+`repmgr` is an open-source tool suite for mananaging replication and failover
 among multiple PostgreSQL server nodes. It enhances PostgreSQL's built-in
 hot-standby capabilities with a set of administration tools for monitoring
 replication, setting up standby servers and performing failover/switchover
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ covering setup on a variety of different systems, see the README.rst file.
 Conceptual Overview
 -------------------
 
-repmgr provides two binaries:
+`repmgr` provides two binaries:
 
- - `repmgr`: a command-line client to manage replication and repmgr configuration
+ - `repmgr`: a command-line client to manage replication and `repmgr` configuration
  - `repmgrd`: an optional daemon process which runs on standby nodes to monitor
    replication and node status
 
-Each PostgreSQL node requires a repmgr configuration file; additionally
-it must be "registered" using the repmgr command-line client. repmgr stores
+Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr.conf` configuration file; additionally
+it must be "registered" using the `repmgr` command-line client. `repmgr` stores
 information about managed nodes in a custom schema on the node's current master
 database.
 
@@ -29,31 +29,31 @@ database.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-repmgr works with PostgreSQL 9.0 and later. All server nodes must be running the
+`repmgr` works with PostgreSQL 9.0 and later. All server nodes must be running the
 same PostgreSQL major version, and preferably should be running the same minor
 version.
 
-repmgr will work on any Linux or UNIX-like environment capable of running
+`repmgr` will work on any Linux or UNIX-like environment capable of running
 PostgreSQL. `rsync` must also be installed.
 
 
 Installation
 ------------
 
-repmgr must be installed on each PostgreSQL server node.
+`repmgr` must be installed on each PostgreSQL server node.
 
 * Packages
  - RPM packages for RedHat-based distributions are available from PGDG
  - Debian/Ubuntu provide .deb packages.
 
-  It is also possible to build .deb packages directly from the repmgr source;
+  It is also possible to build .deb packages directly from the `repmgr` source;
   see README.rst for further details.
 
 * Source installation
- - repmgr source code is hosted at github (https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/repmgr);
+ - `repmgr` source code is hosted at github (https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/repmgr);
    tar.gz files can be downloaded from https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/repmgr/releases .
 
-   repmgr can be built easily using PGXS:
+   `repmgr` can be built easily using PGXS:
 
        sudo make USE_PGXS=1 install
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Configuration
 ### Server configuration
 
 Password-less SSH logins must be enabled for the database system user (typically `postgres`)
-between all server nodes to enable repmgr to copy required files.
+between all server nodes to enable `repmgr` to copy required files.
 
 ### PostgreSQL configuration
 
@@ -78,18 +78,21 @@ following settings:
     wal_keep_segments = 5000       # in logfile segments, 16MB each; 0 disables
     hot_standby = on               # "on" allows queries during recovery
 
-Note that repmgr expects a default of 5000 wal_keep_segments, although this
+Note that `repmgr` expects a default of 5000 wal_keep_segments, although this
 value can be overridden when executing the `repmgr` client.
 
-Additionally, repmgr requires a dedicated PostgreSQL superuser account
-and a database in which to store monitoring and replication data. The
-database can in principle be any database, including the default postgres
-one, however it's probably advisable to create a dedicated repmgr database.
+Additionally, `repmgr` requires a dedicated PostgreSQL superuser account
+and a database in which to store monitoring and replication data. The `repmgr`
+user account will also be used for replication connections from the standby,
+so a seperate replication user with the `REPLICATION` privilege is not required.
+The database can in principle be any database, including the default `postgres`
+one, however it's probably advisable to create a dedicated database for `repmgr`
+usage.
 
 
 ### repmgr configuration
 
-Each PostgreSQL node requires a repmgr configuration file containing
+Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr.conf` configuration file containing
 identification and database connection information:
 
     cluster=test
@@ -108,11 +111,14 @@ identification and database connection information:
 * `pg_bindir`: (optional) location of PostgreSQL binaries, if not in the default $PATH
 
 Note that the configuration file should *not* be stored inside the PostgreSQL
-data directory.
+data directory. The configuration file can be specified with the
+`-f, --config-file=PATH` option and can have any arbitrary name. If no
+configuration file is specified, `repmgr` will search for `repmgr.conf`
+in the current working directory.
 
-Each node configuration needs to be registered with repmgr, either using the
+Each node configuration needs to be registered with `repmgr`, either using the
 `repmgr` command line tool, or the `repmgrd` daemon; for details see below. Details
-about each node are inserted into the repmgr database (for details see below).
+about each node are inserted into the `repmgr` database (for details see below).
 
 
 Replication setup and monitoring
@@ -138,17 +144,17 @@ Master setup
 	CREATE DATABASE repmgr_db OWNER repmgr_usr;
 	```
 
-  - configure postgresql.conf for replication (see above)
+  - configure `postgresql.conf` for replication (see above)
 
-  - update pg_hba.conf:
+  - update `pg_hba.conf`, e.g.:
 
 	```
-	host    repmgr_usr      repmgr_db   192.168.1.0/24         trust
-	host    replication     all         192.168.1.0/24         trust
+	host    repmgr_db       repmgr_usr  192.168.1.0/24         trust
+	host    replication     repmgr_usr  192.168.1.0/24         trust
 	```
 
-    Restart the PostgreSQL server after making these changes.
-2. Create the repmgr configuration file:
+  Restart the PostgreSQL server after making these changes.
+2. Create the `repmgr` configuration file:
 
         $ cat $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf
         cluster=test
@@ -157,7 +163,10 @@ Master setup
         conninfo='host=repmgr_node1 user=repmgr_usr dbname=repmgr_db'
         pg_bindir=/path/to/postgres/bin
 
-3. Register the master node with repmgr:
+   (For an annotated `repmgr.conf` file, see `repmgr.conf.sample` in the
+   repository's root directory).
+
+3. Register the master node with `repmgr`:
 
         $ repmgr -f $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf --verbose master register
         [2014-07-04 10:43:42] [INFO] repmgr mgr connecting to master database
@@ -169,9 +178,9 @@ Master setup
 Slave/standby setup
 -------------------
 
-1. Use repmgr to clone the master:
+1. Use `repmgr` to clone the master:
 
-        $ repmgr -f $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf -D $PGDATA -d repmgr_db -U repmgr_usr -R postgres --verbose standby clone 192.168.1.2
+        $ repmgr -D $PGDATA -d repmgr_db -U repmgr_usr -R postgres --verbose standby clone 192.168.1.2
         Opening configuration file: ./repmgr.conf
         [2014-07-04 10:49:00] [ERROR] Did not find the configuration file './repmgr.conf', continuing
         [2014-07-04 10:49:00] [INFO] repmgr connecting to master database
@@ -190,12 +199,14 @@ Slave/standby setup
   -R is the database system user on the master node. At this point it does not matter
   if the `repmgr.conf` file is not found.
 
-  This will clone the PostgreSQL database files from the master, and additionally
-  create an appropriate `recovery.conf` file.
+  This will clone the PostgreSQL database files from the master, including its
+  `postgresql.conf` and `pg_hba.conf` files, and additionally automatically create
+  the `recovery.conf` file containing the correct parameters to start streaming
+  from the primary node.
 
 2. Start the PostgreSQL server
 
-3. Create the repmgr configuration file:
+3. Create the `repmgr` configuration file:
 
         $ cat $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf
         cluster=test
@@ -204,7 +215,7 @@ Slave/standby setup
         conninfo='host=repmgr_node2 user=repmgr_usr dbname=repmgr_db'
         pg_bindir=/path/to/postgres/bin
 
-4. Register the master node with repmgr:
+4. Register the master node with `repmgr`:
 
         $ repmgr -f $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf --verbose standby register
         Opening configuration file: /path/to/repmgr/repmgr.conf
@@ -253,8 +264,8 @@ To promote a standby to master, on the standby execute e.g.:
 
     repmgr -f  $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf --verbose standby promote
 
-repmgr will attempt to connect to the current master to verify that it
-is not available (if it is, repmgr will not promote the standby).
+`repmgr` will attempt to connect to the current master to verify that it
+is not available (if it is, `repmgr` will not promote the standby).
 
 Other standby servers need to be told to follow the new master with:
 
@@ -267,7 +278,7 @@ automated failover.
 repmgr database schema
 ----------------------
 
-repmgr creates a small schema for its own use in the database specified in
+`repmgr` creates a small schema for its own use in the database specified in
 each node's conninfo configuration parameter. This database can in principle
 be any database. The schema name is the global `cluster` name prefixed
 with `repmgr_`, so for the example setup above the schema name is
@@ -284,3 +295,10 @@ and one view, `repl_status`, which summarizes the latest monitoring information
 for each node.
 
 
+Further reading
+---------------
+
+* http://blog.2ndquadrant.com/announcing-repmgr-2-0/
+* http://blog.2ndquadrant.com/managing-useful-clusters-repmgr/
+* http://blog.2ndquadrant.com/easier_postgresql_90_clusters/
+

README.rst

@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ system you already have superuser access to.
 Clearing the PostgreSQL installation on the Standby
 ---------------------------------------------------
 
-To setup a new streaming replica, startin by removing any PostgreSQL
+To setup a new streaming replica, start by removing any PostgreSQL
 installation on the existing standby nodes.
 
 * Stop any server on "node2" and "node3".  You can confirm the database

RHEL/repmgr.spec

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Version: 2.0
 Release: 2
 License: GPLv3
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
-URL: http://repmgr.org 
+URL: http://repmgr.org
 Packager: Nathan Van Overloop <nathan.van.overloop@nexperteam.be>
 Vendor: 2ndQuadrant Limited
 Distribution: centos
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/
 
 %clean
 [ "%{buildroot}" != "/" ] && %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
- 
+
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/
 /usr/pgsql-9.3/share/contrib/repmgr_funcs.sql
 /usr/pgsql-9.3/share/contrib/uninstall_repmgr.sql
 /usr/pgsql-9.3/share/contrib/uninstall_repmgr_funcs.sql
-%attr(0755,root,root)/etc/init.d/repmgrd 
+%attr(0755,root,root)/etc/init.d/repmgrd
 %attr(0644,root,root)/etc/sysconfig/repmgrd
 %attr(0644,root,root)/etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf.sample
 
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/
 - fix witness creation to create db and user if needed
 * Fri Apr 04 2014 Nathan Van Overloop <nathan.van.overloop@nexperteam.be> 2.0.1
 - initial build for RHEL6
-

RHEL/repmgrd.init

@@ -1,89 +1,114 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 #
-# repmgrd	Start up the repmgrd daemon
-#		repmrgd (replication manager daemon)
-#
-# chkconfig: -  75 16
-# description: repmgrd is the repliation manager daemon \
-# The repmgrd replication management and monitoring daemon for PostgreSQL.
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides: repmgrd
-# Required-Start:  $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog postgresql
-# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog postgresql
-# Should-Start:	     $syslog postgresql-9.3
-# Should-Stop: $syslog postgresql-9.3
-# Short-Description: start and stop repmrgd
-# Description: Enable repmgrd replication management and monitoring daemon for PostgreSQL
-#	       this is used to monitor a postgresql cluster.
-### END INIT INFO
+# chkconfig: - 75 16
+# description: Enable repmgrd replication management and monitoring daemon for PostgreSQL
+# processname: repmgrd
+# pidfile="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"
 
 # Source function library.
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
+. $INITD/functions
 
-# Source networking configuration.
+# Get function listing for cross-distribution logic.
+TYPESET=`typeset -f|grep "declare"`
+
+# Get network config.
 . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-prog=repmgrd
-REPMGRD_ENABLED=yes
+DESC="PostgreSQL replication management and monitoring daemon"
+NAME=repmgrd
+
+REPMGRD_ENABLED=no
 REPMGRD_OPTS=
 REPMGRD_USER=postgres
-DAEMONIZE="-d"
+REPMGRD_BIN=/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/repmgrd
+REPMGRD_PIDFILE=/var/run/repmgrd.pid
+REPMGRD_LOCK=/var/lock/subsys/${NAME}
+REPMGRD_LOG=/var/lib/pgsql/9.3/data/pg_log/repmgrd.log
 
-# pull in sysconfig settings
-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/repmgrd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/repmgrd
+# Read configuration variable file if it is present
+[ -r /etc/sysconfig/$NAME ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$NAME
 
-LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$prog
-RETVAL=0
+# For SELinux we need to use 'runuser' not 'su'
+if [ -x /sbin/runuser ]
+then
+    SU=runuser
+else
+    SU=su
+fi
+
+test -x $REPMGRD_BIN || exit 0
 
 case "$REPMGRD_ENABLED" in
     [Yy]*)
-	#nothing to do here	
+	break
 	;;
     *)
-	exit 2
+	exit 0
 	;;
 esac
 
 
-if [ -z "$REPMGRD_OPTS" ]
+if [ -z "${REPMGRD_OPTS}" ]
 then
-    echo "Not starting $prog, REPMGRD_OPTS not set in /etc/sysconfig/$prog"
-    exit 2
+    echo "Not starting ${NAME}, REPMGRD_OPTS not set in /etc/sysconfig/${NAME}"
+    exit 0
 fi
 
-start() {
-	[ "$EUID" != "0" ] && exit 4
-        [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 1
+start()
+{
+    REPMGRD_START=$"Starting ${NAME} service: "
 
-        # Start daemons.
-        echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-        daemon --user $REPMGRD_USER $prog $DAEMONIZE $REPMGRD_OPTS
-        RETVAL=$?
+    # Make sure startup-time log file is valid
+    if [ ! -e "${REPMGRD_LOG}" -a ! -h "${REPMGRD_LOG}" ]
+    then
+        touch "${REPMGRD_LOG}" || exit 1
+        chown ${REPMGRD_USER}:postgres "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
+        chmod go-rwx "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
+        [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
+    fi
+
+    echo -n "${REPMGRD_START}"
+    $SU -l $REPMGRD_USER -c "${REPMGRD_BIN} ${REPMGRD_OPTS} -p ${REPMGRD_PIDFILE} &" >> "${REPMGRD_LOG}" 2>&1 < /dev/null
+    sleep 2
+    pid=`head -n 1 "${REPMGRD_PIDFILE}" 2>/dev/null`
+    if [ "x${pid}" != "x" ]
+    then
+        success "${REPMGRD_START}"
+        touch "${REPMGRD_LOCK}"
+        echo $pid > "${REPMGRD_PIDFILE}"
         echo
-        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
-        return $RETVAL
+    else
+        failure "${REPMGRD_START}"
+        echo
+        script_result=1
+    fi
 }
 
-stop() {
-	[ "$EUID" != "0" ] && exit 4
-        echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
-        killproc $prog
-        RETVAL=$?
-        echo
-        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE
-        return $RETVAL
-}
-status() {
-        if [ -f "$LOCKFILE" ]; then
-            echo "$prog is running"
+stop()
+{
+    echo -n $"Stopping ${NAME} service: "
+    if [ -e "${REPMGRD_LOCK}" ]
+    then
+        killproc ${NAME}
+        ret=$? 
+        if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
+        then
+            echo_success
+            rm -f "${REPMGRD_PIDFILE}"
+            rm -f "${REPMGRD_LOCK}"
         else
-	    RETVAL=3
-            echo "$prog is stopped"
+            echo_failure
+            script_result=1
         fi
-        return $RETVAL
+    else
+        # not running; per LSB standards this is "ok"   
+        echo_success
+    fi
+    echo
 }
 
+
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
   start)
@@ -93,22 +118,16 @@ case "$1" in
         stop
         ;;
   status)
-        status $prog
+        status -p $REPMGRD_PIDFILE $NAME
+        script_result=$?
         ;;
-  restart|force-reload)
+  restart)
         stop
-        start
-        ;;
-  try-restart|condrestart)
-        if status $prog > /dev/null; then
-            stop
-            start
-        fi
-        ;;
-  reload)
-        exit 3
+	start
         ;;
   *)
-        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|try-restart|force-reload}"
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
         exit 2
 esac
+
+exit $script_result

RHEL/repmgrd.sysconfig

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-#default sysconfig file for repmrgd
-#custom overrides can be placed here
+# default settings for repmgrd. This file is source by /bin/sh from
+# /etc/init.d/repmgrd
 
-REPMGRD_OPTS="-f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf"
+# disable repmgrd by default so it won't get started upon installation
+# valid values: yes/no
+REPMGRD_ENABLED=no
+
+# Options for repmgrd (required)
+#REPMGRD_OPTS="--verbose -d -f /var/lib/pgsql/repmgr/repmgr.conf"
+
+# User to run repmgrd as
+#REPMGRD_USER=postgres
+
+# repmgrd binary
+#REPMGRD_BIN=/usr/bin/repmgr
+
+# pid file
+#REPMGRD_PIDFILE=/var/lib/pgsql/repmgr/repmgrd.pid
+
+# log file
+#REPMGRD_LOG=/var/lib/pgsql/repmgr/repmgrd.log

check_dir.c

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 /* NB: postgres_fe must be included BEFORE check_dir */
-#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#include <libpq-fe.h>
+#include <postgres_fe.h>
 #include "check_dir.h"
 
 #include "strutil.h"

config.c

@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ trim(char *s)
 	char	   *s1 = s,
 			   *s2 = &s[strlen(s) - 1];
 
+	/* If string is empty, no action needed */
+	if(s2 < s1)
+		return s;
+
 	/* Trim and delimit right side */
 	while ((isspace(*s2)) && (s2 >= s1))
 		--s2;

debian/DEBIAN/control

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version: 2.0beta2
 Section: database
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: all
-Depends: rsync, postgresql-9.0 | postgresql-9.1 | postgresql-9.2 | postgresql-9.3
+Depends: rsync, postgresql-9.0 | postgresql-9.1 | postgresql-9.2 | postgresql-9.3 | postgresql-9.4
 Maintainer: Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndQuadrant.com>
 Description: PostgreSQL replication setup, magament and monitoring
  has two main executables

log.h

@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@
 #define REPMGR_SYSLOG 1
 #define REPMGR_STDERR 2
 
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90100)
 void
 stderr_log_with_level(const char *level_name, int level, const char *fmt,...)
 __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 3, 4)));
+#else
+void
+stderr_log_with_level(const char *level_name, int level, const char *fmt,...)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+#endif
 
 /* Standard error logging */
 #define stderr_log_debug(...) stderr_log_with_level("DEBUG", LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)

repmgr.c

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"host", required_argument, NULL, 'h'},
 		{"port", required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
 		{"username", required_argument, NULL, 'U'},
+		{"superuser", required_argument, NULL, 'S'},
 		{"dest-dir", required_argument, NULL, 'D'},
 		{"local-port", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
 		{"config-file", required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
@@ -109,15 +110,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"force", no_argument, NULL, 'F'},
 		{"wait", no_argument, NULL, 'W'},
 		{"ignore-rsync-warning", no_argument, NULL, 'I'},
-		{"min-recovery-apply-delay", required_argument, NULL, 'r'},
 		{"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
+		{"fast-checkpoint", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
+		{"initdb-no-pwprompt", no_argument, NULL, 1},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
 	int			optindex;
-	int			c, targ;
+	int			c;
 	int			action = NO_ACTION;
-	char *ptr = NULL;
 
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:h:p:U:D:l:f:R:w:k:FWIvr:", long_options,
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:h:p:U:S:D:l:f:R:w:k:FWIvc", long_options,
 							&optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'U':
 				strncpy(runtime_options.username, optarg, MAXLEN);
 				break;
+			case 'S':
+				strncpy(runtime_options.superuser, optarg, MAXLEN);
+				break;
 			case 'D':
 				strncpy(runtime_options.dest_dir, optarg, MAXFILENAME);
 				break;
@@ -186,28 +190,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'I':
 				runtime_options.ignore_rsync_warn = true;
 				break;
-			case 'r':
-				targ = strtol(optarg, &ptr, 10);
-
-				if(targ < 0) {
-					usage();
-					exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
-				}
-				if(ptr && *ptr) {
-					if(strcmp(ptr, "ms") != 0 && strcmp(ptr, "s") != 0 &&
-					   strcmp(ptr, "min") != 0 && strcmp(ptr, "h") != 0 &&
-					   strcmp(ptr, "d") != 0)
-					{
-						usage();
-						exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
-					}
-				}
-
-				strncpy(runtime_options.min_recovery_apply_delay, optarg, MAXLEN);
-				break;
 			case 'v':
 				runtime_options.verbose = true;
 				break;
+			case 'c':
+				runtime_options.fast_checkpoint = true;
+				break;
+			case 1:
+				runtime_options.initdb_no_pwprompt = true;
+				break;
 			default:
 				usage();
 				exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
@@ -309,6 +300,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			strncpy(runtime_options.dbname, DEFAULT_DBNAME, MAXLEN);
 	}
 
+	/* We check that port number is not null */
+	if (!runtime_options.masterport[0])
+	{
+	        strncpy(runtime_options.masterport, DEFAULT_MASTER_PORT, MAXLEN);
+	}
+
 	/* Read the configuration file, normally repmgr.conf */
 	if (!runtime_options.config_file[0])
 		strncpy(runtime_options.config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE, MAXLEN);
@@ -827,7 +824,7 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 
 	int			r = 0,
 				retval = SUCCESS;
-	int			i,
+	int			i,j,
 				is_standby_retval;
 	bool		flag_success = false;
 	bool		test_mode = false;
@@ -905,11 +902,30 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 	i = guc_set(conn, "wal_level", "=", "hot_standby");
 	if (i == 0 || i == -1)
 	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
 		if (i == 0)
-			log_err(_("%s needs parameter 'wal_level' to be set to 'hot_standby'\n"),
-					progname);
-		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+		{
+			/* We could be using PG 9.4 with log_level logical, which is good enough for
+			   hot standby replication.
+			   We should check if the wal_level is set to that value, in which case we are
+			   good to proceed.
+			   No need to check if we are in 9.4 first, as the query used in guc_set will just
+			   return zero rows if on < 9.4, and so will work anyway.
+			*/
+			j = guc_set(conn, "wal_level", "=", "logical");
+			if (j == 0 || j == -1)
+			{
+				PQfinish(conn);
+				if (j == 0)
+					log_err(_("%s needs parameter 'wal_level' to be set to at least 'hot_standby'\n"),
+							progname);
+				exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+			}
+		}
+		else if (i == -1)
+		{
+			PQfinish(conn);
+			exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+		}
 	}
 
 	i = guc_set_typed(conn, "wal_keep_segments", ">=",
@@ -1102,8 +1118,9 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 	 */
 	sqlquery_snprintf(
 					  sqlquery,
-	  "SELECT pg_xlogfile_name(pg_start_backup('repmgr_standby_clone_%ld'))",
-					  time(NULL));
+					  "SELECT pg_xlogfile_name(pg_start_backup('repmgr_standby_clone_%ld', %s))",
+					  time(NULL),
+					  runtime_options.fast_checkpoint ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
 	log_debug(_("standby clone: %s\n"), sqlquery);
 	res = PQexec(conn, sqlquery);
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
@@ -1703,8 +1720,13 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 	 */
 
 	/* Create the cluster for witness */
-	sprintf(script, "%s/pg_ctl %s -D %s init -o \"-W\"", options.pg_bindir,
-			options.pgctl_options, runtime_options.dest_dir);
+	if (!runtime_options.superuser[0])
+		strncpy(runtime_options.superuser, "postgres", MAXLEN);
+
+	sprintf(script, "%s/pg_ctl %s -D %s init -o \"%s-U %s\"", options.pg_bindir,
+			options.pgctl_options, runtime_options.dest_dir,
+			runtime_options.initdb_no_pwprompt ? "" : "-W ",
+			runtime_options.superuser);
 	log_info("Initialize cluster for witness: %s.\n", script);
 
 	r = system(script);
@@ -1745,6 +1767,53 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 
 	fclose(pg_conf);
 
+
+	/* start new instance */
+	sprintf(script, "%s/pg_ctl %s -w -D %s start", options.pg_bindir,
+			options.pgctl_options, runtime_options.dest_dir);
+	log_info(_("Start cluster for witness: %s"), script);
+	r = system(script);
+	if (r != 0)
+	{
+		log_err(_("Can't start cluster for witness server\n"));
+		PQfinish(masterconn);
+		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+	}
+
+	/* check if we need to create a user */
+	if (runtime_options.username[0] && runtime_options.localport[0] && strcmp(runtime_options.username,"postgres")!=0 )
+        {
+		/* create required user needs to be superuser to create untrusted language function in c */
+		sprintf(script, "%s/createuser -p %s --superuser --login -U %s %s", options.pg_bindir,
+				runtime_options.localport, runtime_options.superuser, runtime_options.username);
+		log_info("Create user for witness db: %s.\n", script);
+
+		r = system(script);
+		if (r != 0)
+		{
+			log_err("Can't create user for witness server\n");
+			PQfinish(masterconn);
+			exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* check if we need to create a database */
+	if(runtime_options.dbname[0] && strcmp(runtime_options.dbname,"postgres")!=0 && runtime_options.localport[0])
+	{
+		/* create required db */
+		sprintf(script, "%s/createdb -p %s -U %s --owner=%s %s",
+				options.pg_bindir, runtime_options.localport, runtime_options.superuser, runtime_options.username, runtime_options.dbname);
+		log_info("Create database for witness db: %s.\n", script);
+
+		r = system(script);
+		if (r != 0)
+		{
+			log_err("Can't create database for witness server\n");
+			PQfinish(masterconn);
+			exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Get the pg_hba.conf full path */
 	sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "SELECT name, setting "
 					  "  FROM pg_settings "
@@ -1778,18 +1847,19 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
 	}
 
-	/* start new instance */
-	sprintf(script, "%s/pg_ctl %s -w -D %s start", options.pg_bindir,
+	/* reload to adapt for changed pg_hba.conf */
+	sprintf(script, "%s/pg_ctl %s -w -D %s reload", options.pg_bindir,
 			options.pgctl_options, runtime_options.dest_dir);
-	log_info(_("Start cluster for witness: %s"), script);
+	log_info(_("Reload cluster config for witness: %s"), script);
 	r = system(script);
 	if (r != 0)
 	{
-		log_err(_("Can't start cluster for witness server\n"));
+		log_err(_("Can't reload cluster for witness server\n"));
 		PQfinish(masterconn);
 		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
 	}
 
+
 	/* register ourselves in the master */
 	sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "INSERT INTO %s.repl_nodes(id, cluster, name, conninfo, priority, witness) "
 					  "VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, true)",
@@ -1825,6 +1895,24 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 		PQfinish(witnessconn);
 		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
 	}
+
+	/* drop superuser powers if needed */
+	if (runtime_options.username[0] && runtime_options.localport[0] && strcmp(runtime_options.username,"postgres")!=0 )
+	{
+		sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "ALTER ROLE %s NOSUPERUSER", runtime_options.username);
+		log_info("Drop superuser powers on user for witness db: %s.\n", sqlquery);
+
+		log_debug(_("witness create: %s"), sqlquery);
+		res = PQexec(witnessconn, sqlquery);
+		if (!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+		{
+			log_err(_("Cannot alter user privileges, %s\n"),
+					PQerrorMessage(witnessconn));
+			PQfinish(masterconn);
+			PQfinish(witnessconn);
+			exit(ERR_DB_QUERY);
+		}
+	}
 	PQfinish(masterconn);
 	PQfinish(witnessconn);
 
@@ -1866,6 +1954,8 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -l, --local-port=PORT               standby or witness server local port\n"));
 	printf(_("  -f, --config-file=PATH              path to the configuration file\n"));
 	printf(_("  -R, --remote-user=USERNAME          database server username for rsync\n"));
+	printf(_("  -S, --superuser=USERNAME            superuser username for witness database\n" \
+			 "                                      (default: postgres)\n"));
 	printf(_("  -w, --wal-keep-segments=VALUE       minimum value for the GUC\n" \
 			 "                                      wal_keep_segments (default: 5000)\n"));
 	printf(_("  -I, --ignore-rsync-warning          ignore rsync partial transfer warning\n"));
@@ -1874,8 +1964,8 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -F, --force                         force potentially dangerous operations\n" \
 			 "                                      to happen\n"));
 	printf(_("  -W, --wait                          wait for a master to appear\n"));
-	printf(_("	-r, --min-recovery-apply-delay=VALUE  enable recovery time delay, value has to be a valid time atom (e.g. 5min)"));
-
+	printf(_("  -c, --fast-checkpoint               force fast checkpoint when cloning a standby\n"));
+	printf(_("  --initdb-no-pwprompt                don't require superuser password when running initdb\n"));
 	printf(_("\n%s performs some tasks like clone a node, promote it or making follow\n"), progname);
 	printf(_("another node and then exits.\n\n"));
 	printf(_("COMMANDS:\n"));
@@ -1927,19 +2017,6 @@ create_recovery_file(const char *data_dir)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if(*runtime_options.min_recovery_apply_delay)
-	{
-		maxlen_snprintf(line, "\nmin_recovery_apply_delay = %s\n",
-						runtime_options.min_recovery_apply_delay);
-
-		if (fputs(line, recovery_file) == EOF)
-		{
-			log_err(_("recovery file could not be written, it could be necessary to create it manually\n"));
-			fclose(recovery_file);
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* FreeFile(recovery_file); */
 	fclose(recovery_file);
 
@@ -1950,34 +2027,25 @@ static int
 test_ssh_connection(char *host, char *remote_user)
 {
 	char		script[MAXLEN];
-	int			r = 1, i;
+	int			r;
 
-	/* On some OS, true is located in a different place than in Linux
-	 * we have to try them all until all alternatives are gone or we
-	 * found `true' because the target OS may differ from the source
-	 * OS
-	 */
-	const char *truebin_pathes[] = {
-		"/bin/true",
-		"/usr/bin/true",
-		NULL
-	};
+	/* On some OS, true is located in a different place than in Linux */
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#define TRUEBIN_PATH "/usr/bin/true"
+#else
+#define TRUEBIN_PATH "/bin/true"
+#endif
 
 	/* Check if we have ssh connectivity to host before trying to rsync */
-	for(i = 0; truebin_pathes[i] && r != 0; ++i)
-	{
-		if (!remote_user[0])
-			maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s %s %s",
-							options.ssh_options, host, truebin_pathes[i]);
-		else
-			maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s %s -l %s %s",
-							options.ssh_options, host, remote_user,
-							truebin_pathes[i]);
-
-		log_debug(_("command is: %s\n"), script);
-		r = system(script);
-	}
+	if (!remote_user[0])
+		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s %s %s",
+						options.ssh_options, host, TRUEBIN_PATH);
+	else
+		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s %s -l %s %s",
+						options.ssh_options, host, remote_user, TRUEBIN_PATH);
 
+	log_debug(_("command is: %s\n"), script);
+	r = system(script);
 	if (r != 0)
 		log_info(_("Can not connect to the remote host (%s)\n"), host);
 	return r;
@@ -2000,7 +2068,7 @@ copy_remote_files(char *host, char *remote_user, char *remote_path,
 		maxlen_snprintf(rsync_flags, "%s", options.rsync_options);
 
 	if (runtime_options.force)
-		strcat(rsync_flags, " --delete");
+		strcat(rsync_flags, " --delete --checksum");
 
 	if (!remote_user[0])
 	{
@@ -2368,13 +2436,14 @@ static bool
 copy_configuration(PGconn *masterconn, PGconn *witnessconn)
 {
 	char		sqlquery[MAXLEN];
-	PGresult   *res;
+	PGresult   *res1;
+	PGresult   *res2;
 	int			i;
 
 	sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "TRUNCATE TABLE %s.repl_nodes", repmgr_schema);
 	log_debug("copy_configuration: %s\n", sqlquery);
-	res = PQexec(witnessconn, sqlquery);
-	if (!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+	res1 = PQexec(witnessconn, sqlquery);
+	if (!res1 || PQresultStatus(res1) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot clean node details in the witness, %s\n",
 				PQerrorMessage(witnessconn));
@@ -2383,33 +2452,35 @@ copy_configuration(PGconn *masterconn, PGconn *witnessconn)
 
 	sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "SELECT id, name, conninfo, priority, witness FROM %s.repl_nodes",
 					  repmgr_schema);
-	res = PQexec(masterconn, sqlquery);
-	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
+	res1 = PQexec(masterconn, sqlquery);
+	if (PQresultStatus(res1) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "Can't get configuration from master: %s\n",
 				PQerrorMessage(masterconn));
-		PQclear(res);
+		PQclear(res1);
 		return false;
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(res); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(res1); i++)
 	{
 		sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery, "INSERT INTO %s.repl_nodes(id, cluster, name, conninfo, priority, witness) "
 						  "VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s')",
-						  repmgr_schema, atoi(PQgetvalue(res, i, 0)),
-						  options.cluster_name, PQgetvalue(res, i, 1),
-						  PQgetvalue(res, i, 2),
-						  atoi(PQgetvalue(res, i, 3)),
-						  PQgetvalue(res, i, 4));
+						  repmgr_schema, atoi(PQgetvalue(res1, i, 0)),
+						  options.cluster_name, PQgetvalue(res1, i, 1),
+						  PQgetvalue(res1, i, 2),
+						  atoi(PQgetvalue(res1, i, 3)),
+						  PQgetvalue(res1, i, 4));
 
-		res = PQexec(witnessconn, sqlquery);
-		if (!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+		res2 = PQexec(witnessconn, sqlquery);
+		if (!res2 || PQresultStatus(res2) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot copy configuration to witness, %s\n",
 					PQerrorMessage(witnessconn));
-			PQclear(res);
+			PQclear(res2);
 			return false;
 		}
+		PQclear(res2);
 	}
+	PQclear(res1);
 
 	return true;
 }

repmgr.h

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 #ifndef _REPMGR_H_
 #define _REPMGR_H_
 
-#include "postgres_fe.h"
-#include "getopt_long.h"
-#include "libpq-fe.h"
+#include <libpq-fe.h>
+#include <postgres_fe.h>
+#include <getopt_long.h>
 
 #include "strutil.h"
 #include "dbutils.h"
@@ -56,21 +56,22 @@ typedef struct
 	char		dest_dir[MAXFILENAME];
 	char		config_file[MAXFILENAME];
 	char		remote_user[MAXLEN];
+	char		superuser[MAXLEN];
 	char		wal_keep_segments[MAXLEN];
 	bool		verbose;
 	bool		force;
 	bool		wait_for_master;
 	bool		ignore_rsync_warn;
+	bool		initdb_no_pwprompt;
+	bool		fast_checkpoint;
 
 	char		masterport[MAXLEN];
 	char		localport[MAXLEN];
 
 	/* parameter used by CLUSTER CLEANUP */
 	int			keep_history;
-
-	char min_recovery_apply_delay[MAXLEN];
 }	t_runtime_options;
 
-#define T_RUNTIME_OPTIONS_INITIALIZER { "", "", "", "", "", "", DEFAULT_WAL_KEEP_SEGMENTS, false, false, false, false, "", "", 0, "" }
+#define T_RUNTIME_OPTIONS_INITIALIZER { "", "", "", "", "", "", "", DEFAULT_WAL_KEEP_SEGMENTS, false, false, false, false, false, false, "", "", 0}
 
 #endif

repmgrd.c

@@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Read the configuration file: repmgr.conf
+	 */
+	parse_config(config_file, &local_options);
+	if (local_options.node == -1)
+	{
+		log_err(_("Node information is missing. "
+				  "Check the configuration file, or provide one if you have not done so.\n"));
+		terminate(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+	}
+
 	if (daemonize)
 	{
 		do_daemonize();
@@ -232,17 +243,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	setup_event_handlers();
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * Read the configuration file: repmgr.conf
-	 */
-	parse_config(config_file, &local_options);
-	if (local_options.node == -1)
-	{
-		log_err(_("Node information is missing. "
-				  "Check the configuration file, or provide one if you have not done so.\n"));
-		terminate(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
-	}
-
 	fd = freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
 	if (fd == NULL)
 	{
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ witness_monitor(void)
 	sqlquery_snprintf(sqlquery,
 					  "INSERT INTO %s.repl_monitor "
 					  "VALUES(%d, %d, '%s'::timestamp with time zone, "
-					  " pg_current_xlog_location(), null,  "
+					  " null, pg_current_xlog_location(), null,  "
 					  " 0, 0)",
 					  repmgr_schema, primary_options.node, local_options.node,
 					  monitor_witness_timestamp);

strutil.c

@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "strutil.h"
 
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90100)
 static int
 xvsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap)
 __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 3, 0)));
+#else
+static int
+xvsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 0)));
+#endif
 
 static int
 xvsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap)

strutil.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define _STRUTIL_H_
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <errcode.h>
+#include "errcode.h"
 
 #define QUERY_STR_LEN	8192
 #define MAXLEN			1024
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define MAXCONNINFO		1024
 
 
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90100)
 extern int
 xsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format,...)
 __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 3, 4)));
@@ -42,5 +43,18 @@ __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));
 extern int
 maxlen_snprintf(char *str, const char *format,...)
 __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));
+#else
+extern int
+xsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format,...)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+
+extern int
+sqlquery_snprintf(char *str, const char *format,...)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+
+extern int
+maxlen_snprintf(char *str, const char *format,...)
+__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+#endif
 
 #endif   /* _STRUTIL_H_ */

version.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _VERSION_H_
 #define _VERSION_H_
 
-#define REPMGR_VERSION "2.1dev"
+#define REPMGR_VERSION "2.0.3"
 
 #endif