Re: comment for "fast promote"

From: Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>
To: Tomonari Katsumata <t(dot)katsumata1122(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomonari Katsumata <katsumata(dot)tomonari(at)po(dot)ntts(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: comment for "fast promote"
Date: 2013-07-27 20:17:08
Message-ID: 51F42AC4.4000201@timbira.com.br
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On 27-07-2013 06:57, Tomonari Katsumata wrote:
> 1. replicating 3 servers(A,B,C)
> A->B->C
> ("trigger_file = /tmp/trig" is set in recovery_recovery.conf on B and C.)
>
> 2. stop server A and promoting server B with "touch /tmp/trig;pg_ctl
> promote"
> B->C
> (/tmp/trig file remains on server B)
>
Why don't you setup recovery_end_command parameter? The trigger_file is
important in some (legacy) environments and that is using an external
tool to handle the service initialization.

It seems to me it is an opportunity to improve trigger_file description
(informing a way to cleanup the file created) than to suggest it is not
useful.

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