Clean up whitespace

Fixes #44

HISTORY

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+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)

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
+Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr.conf` configuration file; additionally
-it must be "registered" using the repmgr command-line client. repmgr stores
+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.
+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
 
@@ -78,21 +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
+Additionally, `repmgr` requires a dedicated PostgreSQL superuser account
-and a database in which to store monitoring and replication data. The repmgr
+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
+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
@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@ identification and database connection information:
    resolvable by all nodes on the cluster.
 * `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
+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
+`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
@@ -141,9 +144,9 @@ 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, e.g.:
+  - update `pg_hba.conf`, e.g.:
 
 	```
 	host    repmgr_db       repmgr_usr  192.168.1.0/24         trust
@@ -151,8 +154,7 @@ Master setup
 	```
 
   Restart the PostgreSQL server after making these changes.
-
+2. Create the `repmgr` configuration file:
-2. Create the repmgr configuration file:
 
         $ cat $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf
         cluster=test
@@ -161,7 +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
@@ -173,9 +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
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ Slave/standby setup
 
 2. Start the PostgreSQL server
 
-3. Create the repmgr configuration file:
+3. Create the `repmgr` configuration file:
 
         $ cat $HOME/repmgr/repmgr.conf
         cluster=test
@@ -210,7 +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
@@ -259,8 +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
+`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).
+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:
 
@@ -273,7 +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
@@ -290,3 +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

@@ -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 \
+# description: Enable repmgrd replication management and monitoring daemon for PostgreSQL
-# The repmgrd replication management and monitoring daemon for PostgreSQL.
+# processname: repmgrd
-
+# pidfile="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"
-### 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
 
 # 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
+DESC="PostgreSQL replication management and monitoring daemon"
-REPMGRD_ENABLED=yes
+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
+# Read configuration variable file if it is present
-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/repmgrd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/repmgrd
+[ -r /etc/sysconfig/$NAME ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$NAME
 
-LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$prog
+# For SELinux we need to use 'runuser' not 'su'
-RETVAL=0
+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"
+    echo "Not starting ${NAME}, REPMGRD_OPTS not set in /etc/sysconfig/${NAME}"
-    exit 2
+    exit 0
 fi
 
-start() {
+start()
-	[ "$EUID" != "0" ] && exit 4
+{
-        [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 1
+    REPMGRD_START=$"Starting ${NAME} service: "
 
-        # Start daemons.
+    # Make sure startup-time log file is valid
-        echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    if [ ! -e "${REPMGRD_LOG}" -a ! -h "${REPMGRD_LOG}" ]
-        daemon --user $REPMGRD_USER $prog $DAEMONIZE $REPMGRD_OPTS
+    then
-        RETVAL=$?
+        touch "${REPMGRD_LOG}" || exit 1
-        echo
+        chown ${REPMGRD_USER}:postgres "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
-        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
+        chmod go-rwx "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
-        return $RETVAL
+        [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon "${REPMGRD_LOG}"
-}
+    fi
-
+
-stop() {
+    echo -n "${REPMGRD_START}"
-	[ "$EUID" != "0" ] && exit 4
+    $SU -l $REPMGRD_USER -c "${REPMGRD_BIN} ${REPMGRD_OPTS} -p ${REPMGRD_PIDFILE} &" >> "${REPMGRD_LOG}" 2>&1 < /dev/null
-        echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
+    sleep 2
-        killproc $prog
+    pid=`head -n 1 "${REPMGRD_PIDFILE}" 2>/dev/null`
-        RETVAL=$?
+    if [ "x${pid}" != "x" ]
-        echo
+    then
-        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE
+        success "${REPMGRD_START}"
-        return $RETVAL
+        touch "${REPMGRD_LOCK}"
-}
+        echo $pid > "${REPMGRD_PIDFILE}"
-status() {
+        echo
-        if [ -f "$LOCKFILE" ]; then
+    else
-            echo "$prog is running"
+        failure "${REPMGRD_START}"
-        else
+        echo
-	    RETVAL=3
+        script_result=1
-            echo "$prog is stopped"
     fi
-        return $RETVAL
 }
 
+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
+            echo_failure
+            script_result=1
+        fi
+    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
-        ;;
   *)
-        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
+# default settings for repmgrd. This file is source by /bin/sh from
-#custom overrides can be placed here
+# /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'},
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"wait", no_argument, NULL, 'W'},
 		{"ignore-rsync-warning", no_argument, NULL, 'I'},
 		{"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
+		{"fast-checkpoint", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
+		{"initdb-no-pwprompt", no_argument, NULL, 1},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:h:p:U:D:l:f:R:w:k:FWIv", 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)
@@ -152,6 +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;
@@ -187,6 +193,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			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);
@@ -812,7 +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;
@@ -890,12 +902,31 @@ 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"),
+		{
+			/* 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", ">=",
 					  runtime_options.wal_keep_segments, "integer");
@@ -1087,8 +1118,9 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 	 */
 	sqlquery_snprintf(
 					  sqlquery,
-	  "SELECT pg_xlogfile_name(pg_start_backup('repmgr_standby_clone_%ld'))",
+					  "SELECT pg_xlogfile_name(pg_start_backup('repmgr_standby_clone_%ld', %s))",
-					  time(NULL));
+					  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)
@@ -1688,8 +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,
+	if (!runtime_options.superuser[0])
-			options.pgctl_options, runtime_options.dest_dir);
+		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);
@@ -1747,8 +1784,8 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 	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 postgres %s", options.pg_bindir,
+		sprintf(script, "%s/createuser -p %s --superuser --login -U %s %s", options.pg_bindir,
-			runtime_options.localport,runtime_options.username);
+				runtime_options.localport, runtime_options.superuser, runtime_options.username);
 		log_info("Create user for witness db: %s.\n", script);
 
 		r = system(script);
@@ -1764,8 +1801,8 @@ do_witness_create(void)
 	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 postgres --owner=%s %s", 
+		sprintf(script, "%s/createdb -p %s -U %s --owner=%s %s",
-			options.pg_bindir, runtime_options.localport,runtime_options.username, runtime_options.dbname);
+				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);
@@ -1917,6 +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"));
@@ -1925,7 +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(_("  -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"));

repmgr.h

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 #ifndef _REPMGR_H_
 #define _REPMGR_H_
 
-#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#include <libpq-fe.h>
-#include "getopt_long.h"
+#include <postgres_fe.h>
-#include "libpq-fe.h"
+#include <getopt_long.h>
 
 #include "strutil.h"
 #include "dbutils.h"
@@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ 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];
@@ -69,6 +72,6 @@ typedef struct
 	int			keep_history;
 }	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)
 	{

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

@@ -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 "2.0.2"
+#define REPMGR_VERSION "2.0.3"
 
 #endif