The upgrade process consists of two steps:
CREATE EXTENSION
A script is provided to assist with converting repmgr.conf.
The schema upgrade (which converts the repmgr metadata into a packaged PostgreSQL extension) is normally carried out automatically when the repmgr extension is created.
The shared library has been renamed from repmgr_funcs to
repmgr - if it's set in shared_preload_libraries
in postgresql.conf it will need to be updated to the new name:
shared_preload_libraries = 'repmgr'
With a completely new repmgr version, we've taken the opportunity
to rename some configuration items for
clarity and consistency, both between the configuration file and
the column names in repmgr.nodes
(e.g. node to node_id), and
also for consistency with PostgreSQL naming conventions
(e.g. loglevel to log_level).
Other configuration items have been changed to command line options, and vice-versa, e.g. to avoid hard-coding items such as a a node's upstream ID, which might change over time.
repmgr will issue a warning about deprecated/altered options.
Following parameters have been added:
data_directory: this is mandatory and must
contain the path to the node's data directorymonitoring_history: this replaces the
repmgrd command line option
--monitoring-history
Following parameters have been renamed:
Table 10.1. Parameters renamed in repmgr4
| repmgr3 | repmgr4 |
|---|---|
node | node_id |
loglevel | log_level |
logfacility | log_facility |
logfile | log_file |
barman_server | barman_host |
master_reponse_timeout | async_query_timeout |
From repmgr 4, barman_server refers
to the server configured in Barman (in repmgr 3, the deprecated
cluster parameter was used for this);
the physical Barman hostname is configured with
barman_host (see Section 5.1.1
for details).
Following parameters have been removed:
cluster: is no longer required and will
be ignored.upstream_node: is replaced by the
command-line parameter --upstream-node-id
To assist with conversion of repmgr.conf files, a Perl script
is provided in contrib/convert-config.pl.
Use like this:
$ ./convert-config.pl /etc/repmgr.conf
node_id=2
node_name=node2
conninfo=host=node2 dbname=repmgr user=repmgr connect_timeout=2
pg_ctl_options='-l /var/log/postgres/startup.log'
rsync_options=--exclude=postgresql.local.conf --archive
log_level=INFO
pg_basebackup_options=--no-slot
data_directory=
The converted file is printed to STDOUT and the original file is not
changed.
Please note that the the conversion script will add an empty
placeholder parameter for data_directory, which
is a required parameter in repmgr4 and which must
be provided.
Ensure repmgrd is not running, or any cron jobs which execute the
repmgr binary.
Install repmgr 4 packages; any repmgr 3.x packages
should be uninstalled (if not automatically uninstalled already by your packaging system).
If your repmgr version is 3.1.1 or earlier, you will need to update the schema to the latest version in the 3.x series (3.3.2) before converting the installation to repmgr 4.
To do this, apply the following upgrade scripts as appropriate for your current version:
For more details see the repmgr 3 upgrade notes.
In the database used by the existing repmgr installation, execute:
CREATE EXTENSION repmgr FROM unpackaged;
This will move and convert all objects from the existing schema
into the new, standard repmgr schema.
there must be only one schema matching repmgr_% in the
database, otherwise this step may not work.
This is necessary to update the repmgr metadata with some additional items.
On the primary node, execute e.g.
repmgr primary register -f /etc/repmgr.conf --force
On each standby node, execute e.g.
repmgr standby register -f /etc/repmgr.conf --force
Check the data is updated as expected by examining the repmgr.nodes
table; restart repmgrd if required.
The original repmgr_$cluster schema can be dropped at any time.
If you don't care about any data from the existing repmgr installation,
(e.g. the contents of the events and monitoring
tables), the manual CREATE EXTENSION step can be skipped; just re-register
each node, starting with the primary node, and the repmgr extension will be
automatically created.