To use repmgrd, its associated function library must be
included via postgresql.conf with:
shared_preload_libraries = 'repmgr'
Changing this setting requires a restart of PostgreSQL; for more details see the PostgreSQL documentation.
The following configuraton options apply to repmgrd in all circumstances:
monitor_interval_secs
The interval (in seconds, default: 2) to check the availability of the upstream node.
connection_check_type
The option connection_check_type is used to select the method
repmgrd uses to determine whether the upstream node is available.
Possible values are:
ping (default) - uses PQping() to
determine server availability
connection - determines server availability
by attempting to make a new connection to the upstream node
query - determines server availability
by executing an SQL statement on the node via the existing connection
The query is a minimal throwaway query - SELECT 1 -
which is used to determine that the server can accept queries.
reconnect_attempts
The number of attempts (default: 6) will be made to reconnect to an unreachable
upstream node before initiating a failover.
There will be an interval of reconnect_interval seconds between each reconnection
attempt.
reconnect_interval
Interval (in seconds, default: 10) between attempts to reconnect to an unreachable
upstream node.
The number of reconnection attempts is defined by the parameter reconnect_attempts.
degraded_monitoring_timeoutInterval (in seconds) after which repmgrd will terminate if either of the servers (local node and or upstream node) being monitored is no longer available (degraded monitoring mode).
-1 (default) disables this timeout completely.
See also repmgr.conf.sample for an annotated sample configuration file.
The following repmgrd options must be set in
repmgr.conf:
failoverpromote_commandfollow_command
Example:
failover=automatic
promote_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'
follow_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n'
Details of each option are as follows:
failover
failover can be one of automatic or manual.
If failover is set to manual, repmgrd
will not take any action if a failover situation is detected, and the node may need to
be modified manually (e.g. by executing repmgr standby follow).
promote_command
The program or script defined in promote_command will be executed
in a failover situation when repmgrd determines that
the current node is to become the new primary node.
Normally promote_command is set as repmgr's
repmgr standby promote command.
When invoking repmgr standby promote (either directly via
the promote_command, or in a script called
via promote_command), --siblings-follow
must not be included as a
command line option for repmgr standby promote.
It is also possible to provide a shell script to e.g. perform user-defined tasks
before promoting the current node. In this case the script must
at some point execute repmgr standby promote
to promote the node; if this is not done, repmgr metadata will not be updated and
repmgr will no longer function reliably.
Example:
promote_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'
Note that the --log-to-file option will cause
output generated by the repmgr command, when executed by repmgrd,
to be logged to the same destination configured to receive log output for repmgrd.
repmgr will not apply pg_bindir when executing promote_command
or follow_command; these can be user-defined scripts so must always be
specified with the full path.
follow_command
The program or script defined in follow_command will be executed
in a failover situation when repmgrd determines that
the current node is to follow the new primary node.
Normally follow_command is set as repmgr's
repmgr standby follow command.
The follow_command parameter
should provide the --upstream-node-id=%n
option to repmgr standby follow; the %n will be replaced by
repmgrd with the ID of the new primary node. If this is not provided,
repmgr standby follow will attempt to determine the new primary by itself, but if the
original primary comes back online after the new primary is promoted, there is a risk that
repmgr standby follow will result in the node continuing to follow
the original primary.
It is also possible to provide a shell script to e.g. perform user-defined tasks
before promoting the current node. In this case the script must
at some point execute repmgr standby follow
to promote the node; if this is not done, repmgr metadata will not be updated and
repmgr will no longer function reliably.
Example:
follow_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n'
Note that the --log-to-file option will cause
output generated by the repmgr command, when executed by repmgrd,
to be logged to the same destination configured to receive log output for repmgrd.
repmgr will not apply pg_bindir when executing promote_command
or follow_command; these can be user-defined scripts so must always be
specified with the full path.
The following configuraton options can be used to fine-tune automatic failover:
priority
Indicates a preferred priority (default: 100) for promoting nodes.
Note that the priority setting is only applied if two or more nodes are determined as promotion candidates; in that case the node with the higher priority is selected.
A value of zero will always prevent the node being promoted to primary, even if there is no other promotion candidate.
failover_validation_commandUser-defined script to execute for an external mechanism to validate the failover decision made by repmgrd.
This option must be identically configured on all nodes.
One or more of the following parameter placeholders may be provided, which will be replaced by repmgrd with the appropriate value:
%n: node ID%a: node name%v: number of visible nodes%u: number of shared upstream nodes%t: total number of nodes
See also: Failover validation.
primary_visibility_consensus
If true, only continue with failover if no standbys
(or the witness server, if present) have seen the primary node recently.
This option must be identically configured on all nodes.
always_promote
Default: false.
If true, promote the local node even if its
repmgr metadata is not up-to-date.
Normally repmgr expects its metadata (stored in the repmgr.nodes
table) to be up-to-date so repmgrd can take the correct action during a failover.
However it's possible that updates made on the primary may not
have propagated to the standby (promotion candidate). In this case repmgrd will
default to not promoting the standby. This behaviour can be overridden by setting
always_promote to true.
standby_disconnect_on_failoverIn a failover situation, disconnect the local node's WAL receiver.
This option is available from PostgreSQL 9.5 and later.
This option must be identically configured on all nodes.
Additionally the repmgr user must be a superuser for this option.
repmgrd will refuse to start if this option is set but either of these prerequisites is not met.
See also: Standby disconnection on failover.
repmgrd_exit_on_inactive_nodeThis parameter is available in repmgr 5.3 and later.
If a node was marked as inactive but is running, and this option is set to
true, repmgrd will abort on startup.
By default, repmgrd_exit_on_inactive_node is set
to false, in which case repmgrd will set the
node record to active on startup.
Setting this parameter to true causes repmgrd
to behave in the same way it did in repmgr 5.2 and earlier.
The following options can be used to further fine-tune failover behaviour. In practice it's unlikely these will need to be changed from their default values, but are available as configuration options should the need arise.
election_rerun_interval
If failover_validation_command is set, and the command returns
an error, pause the specified amount of seconds (default: 15) before rerunning the election.
sibling_nodes_disconnect_timeout
If standby_disconnect_on_failover is true, the
maximum length of time (in seconds, default: 30)
to wait for other standbys to confirm they have disconnected their
WAL receivers.
For further details and a reference implementation, see the separate document Fencing a failed master node with repmgrd and PgBouncer.
If using automatic failover, currently repmgrd will need to execute
repmgr standby follow
to restart PostgreSQL on standbys to have them follow a new primary.
To ensure this happens smoothly, it's essential to provide the appropriate system/service restart
command appropriate to your operating system via service_restart_command
in repmgr.conf. If you don't do this, repmgrd
will default to using pg_ctl, which can result in unexpected problems,
particularly on systemd-based systems.
For more details, see service command settings.
If you are intending to use the repmgr daemon start
and repmgr daemon stop
commands, the following
parameters must be set in repmgr.conf:
repmgrd_service_start_commandrepmgrd_service_stop_command
Example (for repmgr with PostgreSQL 12 on CentOS 7):
repmgrd_service_start_command='sudo systemctl repmgr12 start' repmgrd_service_stop_command='sudo systemctl repmgr12 stop'
For more details see the reference page for each command.
To enable monitoring, set:
monitoring_history=yes
in repmgr.conf.
Monitoring data is written at the interval defined by
the option monitor_interval_secs (see above).
For more details on monitoring, see Storing monitoring data. For information on monitoring standby disconnections, see Monitoring standby disconnections on the primary.
To apply configuration file changes to a running repmgrd
daemon, execute the operating system's repmgrd service reload command
(see Package details for examples),
or for instances which were manually started, execute kill -HUP, e.g.
kill -HUP `cat /tmp/repmgrd.pid`.
Check the repmgrd log to see what changes were applied, or if any issues were encountered when reloading the configuration.
Note that only the following subset of configuration file parameters can be changed on a running repmgrd daemon:
async_query_timeout
child_nodes_check_interval
child_nodes_connected_include_witness
child_nodes_connected_min_count
child_nodes_disconnect_command
child_nodes_disconnect_min_count
child_nodes_disconnect_timeout
connection_check_type
conninfo
degraded_monitoring_timeout
event_notification_command
event_notifications
failover_validation_command
failover
follow_command
log_facility
log_file
log_level
log_status_interval
monitor_interval_secs
monitoring_history
primary_notification_timeout
primary_visibility_consensus
always_promote
promote_command
reconnect_attempts
reconnect_interval
retry_promote_interval_secs
repmgrd_standby_startup_timeout
sibling_nodes_disconnect_timeout
standby_disconnect_on_failover
The following set of configuration file parameters must be updated via
repmgr standby register --force,
as they require changes to the repmgr.nodes table so they are visible to
all nodes in the replication cluster:
node_id
node_name
data_directory
location
priority
After executing repmgr standby register --force,
repmgrd must be restarted for the changes to take effect.