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<appendix id="appendix-release-notes" xreflabel="Release notes">
<title>Release notes</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>Release notes</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
Changes to each &repmgr; release are documented in the release notes.
Please read the release notes for all versions between
your current version and the version you are plan to upgrade to
before performing an upgrade, as there may be version-specific upgrade steps.
</para>
<para>
See also: <xref linkend="upgrading-repmgr">
</para>
<sect1 id="release-4.0">
<title>Release 4.0beta1</title>
<para><emphasis>Thu Oct 5, 2017</emphasis></para>
<para>
repmgr 4.0 is an entirely new version of &repmgr;, providing many
improvements together with some changes in the way it works.
In particular changes have been made to some configuration file
settings and command line options for consistency and clarity.
</para>
<para>
For detailed instructions on upgrading from repmgr 3.x, see
<xref linkend="upgrading-from-repmgr-3">.
</para>
<note>
<para>
To standardise terminology, from this release <literal>primary</literal> is used to
denote the read/write node in a streaming replication cluster. <literal>master</literal>
is still accepted as an alias for &repmgr; commands
(e.g. <link linkend="repmgr-primary-register"><command>repmgr master register</command></link>).
</para>
</note>
<sect2>
<title>New command line options</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<literal>--dry-run</literal>: &repmgr; will attempt to perform
the action as far as possible without making any changes to the
database
</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>--upstream-node-id</literal>: use to specify the upstream node
the standby will connect later stream from, when <link linkend="repmgr-standby-clone">cloning</link>
and <link linkend="repmgr-standby-register">registering</link> a standby.
</para>
<para>
This replaces the configuration file parameter <varname>upstream_node</varname>.
as the upstream node is set when the standby is initially cloned, but can change
over the lifetime of an installation (due to failovers, switchovers etc.) so it's
pointless/confusing keeping the original value around in <filename>repmgr.conf</filename>.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changed command line options</title>
<para>
<application>repmgr</application>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<literal>--replication-user</literal> has been deprecated; it has been replaced
by the configuration file option <varname>replication_user</varname>.
The value (which defaults to the user provided in the <varname>conninfo</varname>
string) will be stored in the &repmgr; metadata for use by
<xref linkend="repmgr-standby-clone"> and <xref linkend="repmgr-standby-follow">.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<literal>--recovery-min-apply-delay</literal> is now a configuration file parameter
<varname>recovery_min_apply_delay</varname>, to ensure the setting does not get lost
when a standby follows a new upstream.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
<application>repmgrd</application>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<literal>--monitoring-history</literal> is deprecated and is replaced by the
configuration file option <varname>monitoring_history</varname>.
This enables the setting to be changed without having to modify system service
files.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuration file changes</title>
<para><emphasis>Required settings</emphasis></para>
<para>The following 4 parameters are mandatory in <filename>repmgr.conf</filename>:
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara>node_id</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>node_name</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>conninfo</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>data_directory</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para><emphasis>Renamed settings</emphasis></para>
<para>
Some settings have been renamed for clarity and consistency:
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>node</varname> is now <varname>node_id</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>name</varname> is now <varname>node_name</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>barman_server</varname> is now <varname>barman_host</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>master_reponse_timeout</varname> is now
<varname>async_query_timeout</varname> (to better indicate its purpose)
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The following configuration file parameters have been renamed for consistency
with other parameters (and conform to the pattern used by PostgreSQL itself,
which uses the prefix <varname>log_</varname> for logging parameters):
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>loglevel</varname> is now <varname>log_level</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>logfile</varname> is now <varname>log_file</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>logfacility</varname> is now <varname>log_facility</varname></simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para><emphasis>Removed settings</emphasis></para>
<para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>cluster</varname> has been removed</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>upstream_node</varname> - see note about
<literal>--upstream-node-id</literal> above</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><varname>retry_promote_interval_secs</varname>this is now redundant due
to changes in the failover/promotion mechanism; the new equivalent is
<varname>primary_notification_timeout</varname> </simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para><emphasis>Logging changes</emphasis></para>
<para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara>
default value for <varname>log_level</varname> is <literal>INFO</literal>
rather than <literal>NOTICE</literal>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
new parameter <varname>log_status_interval</varname>, which causes
<application>repmgrd</application> to emit a status log
line at the specified interval
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>repmgrd</title>
<para>
The `repmgr` shared library has been renamed from <literal>repmgr_funcs</literal> to
<literal>repmgr</literal>, meaning <varname>shared_preload_libraries</varname>
in <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> needs to be updated to the new name:
<programlisting>
shared_preload_libraries = 'repmgr'</programlisting>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</appendix>