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<refentry id="repmgr-primary-register">
<indexterm>
<primary>repmgr primary register</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>repmgr primary register</refentrytitle>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>repmgr primary register</refname>
<refpurpose>initialise a repmgr installation and register the primary node</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>repmgr primary register</command> 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.
</para>
<note>
<para>
It's possibly to install the &repmgr; extension manually before executing
<command>repmgr primary register</command>; in this case &repmgr; will
detect the presence of the extension and skip that step.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Execution</title>
<para>
Execute with the <option>--dry-run</option> option to check what would happen without
actually registering the primary.
</para>
<note>
<para>
If providing the configuration file location with <option>-f/--config-file</option>,
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
<xref linkend="repmgr-standby-switchover"/>). &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. <filename>./repmgr.conf</filename> might be converted
to <filename>/path/to/./repmgr.conf</filename>, whereas you'd normally write
<filename>/path/to/repmgr.conf</filename>).
</para>
</note>
<para>
<command>repmgr master register</command> can be used as an alias for
<command>repmgr primary register</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Check prerequisites but don't actually register the primary.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-F</option>, <option>--force</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Overwrite an existing node record
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="repmgr-primary-register-events">
<title>Event notifications</title>
<para>
Following <link linkend="event-notifications">event notifications</link> will be generated:
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara><literal>cluster_created</literal></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><literal>primary_register</literal></simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>