repmgr primary register repmgr primary register repmgr primary register initialise a repmgr installation and register the primary node Description repmgr primary register registers a primary node in a streaming replication cluster, and configures it for use with &repmgr;, including installing the &repmgr; extension. This command needs to be executed before any standby nodes are registered. &repmgr; will attempt to install the &repmgr; extension as part of this command, however this will fail if the repmgr user is not a superuser. It's possible to install the &repmgr; extension manually before executing repmgr primary register; in this case &repmgr; will detect the presence of the extension and skip that step. Execution Execute with the option to check what would happen without actually registering the primary. If providing the configuration file location with , avoid using a relative path, as &repmgr; stores the configuration file location in the repmgr metadata for use when &repmgr; is executed remotely (e.g. during ). &repmgr; will attempt to convert the a relative path into an absolute one, but this may not be the same as the path you would explicitly provide (e.g. ./repmgr.conf might be converted to /path/to/./repmgr.conf, whereas you'd normally write /path/to/repmgr.conf). repmgr master register can be used as an alias for repmgr primary register. User permission requirements The repmgr user must be a superuser in order for &repmgr; to be able to install the repmgr extension. If this is not the case, the repmgr extension can be installed manually before executing repmgr primary register. A future &repmgr; release will enable the provision of a name for the installation of the extension. Options Check prerequisites but don't actually register the primary. , Overwrite an existing node record Event notifications Following event notifications will be generated: cluster_created primary_register