On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:10:48 -0700
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 04/12/2015 07:47 AM, Ilya Ashchepkov wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm setting up hot standby slave.
> > It recovers from wal archive files, but I can't connect to it:
> > $ psql
> > psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up
> >
> > On master:
> > # select name,setting from pg_settings where name like 'wal_level';
> > name | setting
> > -----------+-------------
> > wal_level | hot_standby
> >
> >
> > My slave recovery.conf:
> > $ cat recovery.conf
> > # Note that recovery.conf must be in $PGDATA directory.
> > # It should NOT be located in the same directory as postgresql.conf
> >
> > # Specifies whether to start the server as a standby. In streaming
> > replication, # this parameter must to be set to on.
> > standby_mode = 'on'
> >
> > # Specifies a connection string which is used for the standby
> > server to connect # with the primary.
> > primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.0.101 port=5432
> > user=replication password=*'
> >
> > # Specifies a trigger file whose presence should cause streaming
> > replication to # end (i.e., failover).
> > trigger_file = '/media/psqlbak/101/main/standup'
> >
> > # Specifies a command to load archive segments from the WAL
> > archive. If # wal_keep_segments is a high enough number to retain
> > the WAL segments # required for the standby server, this may not be
> > necessary. But # a large workload can cause segments to be recycled
> > before the standby # is fully synchronized, requiring you to start
> > again from a new base backup. restore_command =
> > '/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/pg_standby
> > -t /tmp/pgsql.trigger.5432 /media/psqlbak/101/wals/main/ %f %p %r'
> >
> > I tried to comment 'restore_command' in recovery.conf on slave,
> > then slave connects to master and starts receiving data, but I
> > think it's not very good way. What should I change to receive data
> > through connection and reach consistent state on slave?
>
> What have you set for hot_standby on the standby server?:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/runtime-config-replication.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-STANDBY
>
Oh! I missed this! Thank you!
Now slave reached consistent state some time after start, but still no
connection to master server and still restoring wal-files.
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