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Ian Barwick 23c99304a6 "node rejoin": actively check for node to rejoin cluster
Previously repmgr was relying on whatever command was configured to
start PostgreSQL to determine whether the node being rejoined had
started correctly. However it's preferable to actively poll the upstream
to confirm it has restarted and actually attached as a standby before
confirming success of the "node rejoin" action.

This can be overridden with the -W/--no-wait option.

(Note that for consistency with other PostgreSQL utilities, the
short form of the --wait option is now "-w"; this is currently
only used in "repmgr standby follow".)

Also update "repmgr node rejoin" documentation with a list of supported
options, and add some useful index entries for "pg_rewind".

Implements GitHub #415.
2018-04-03 10:36:13 +09:00

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<refentry id="repmgr-standby-follow">
<indexterm>
<primary>repmgr standby follow</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>repmgr standby follow</refentrytitle>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>repmgr standby follow</refname>
<refpurpose>attach a standby to a new primary</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
Attaches the standby to a new primary. This command requires a valid
<filename>repmgr.conf</filename> file for the standby, either specified
explicitly with <literal>-f/--config-file</literal> or located in a
default location; no additional arguments are required.
</para>
<para>
This command will force a restart of the standby server, which must be
running. It can only be used to attach an active standby to the current primary node
(and not to another standby).
</para>
<para>
To re-add an inactive node to the replication cluster, see
<xref linkend="repmgr-node-rejoin">
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<para>
<programlisting>
$ repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf standby follow
INFO: setting node 3's primary to node 2
NOTICE: restarting server using "pg_ctl -l /var/log/postgres/startup.log -w -D '/var/lib/postgres/data' restart"
waiting for server to shut down........ done
server stopped
waiting for server to start.... done
server started
NOTICE: STANDBY FOLLOW successful
DETAIL: node 3 is now attached to node 2</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Check prerequisites but don't actually follow a new standby.
</para>
<important>
<para>
This does not guarantee the standby can follow the primary; in
particular, whether the primary and standby timelines have diverged,
can currently only be determined by actually attempting to
attach the standby to the primary.
</para>
</important>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-w</option></term>
<term><option>--wait</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Wait for a primary to appear. &repmgr; will wait for up to
<varname>primary_follow_timeout</varname> seconds
(default: 60 seconds) to verify that the standby is following the new primary.
This value can be defined in <filename>repmgr.conf</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Event notifications</title>
<para>
A <literal>standby_follow</literal> <link linkend="event-notifications">event notification</link> will be generated.
</para>
<para>
If provided, &repmgr; will subsitute the placeholders <literal>%p</literal> with the node ID of the primary
being followed, <literal>%c</literal> with its <literal>conninfo</literal> string, and
<literal>%a</literal> with its node name.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="repmgr-node-rejoin">
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>