pgpool_setup
Description
pgpool_setup creates a temporary installation of Pgpool-II cluster, which includes a Pgpool-II installation and specified number of PostgreSQL installations under current directory. Current directory must be empty before running pgpool_setup .
pgpool_setup is for testing purpose only and should not be used to create production installations.
Currently pgpool_setup supports streaming replication mode, native replication mode, raw mode and logical replication mode. To support watchdog, see watchdog_setup for details.
Options
pgpool_setup accepts the following command-line arguments:
- -m mode
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Specifies the running mode. mode can be r (native replication mode), s (streaming replication mode), n (raw mode), l (logical replication mode) or y (slony mode). If this is omitted, s is assumed.
- -n num_clusters
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Specifies the number of PostgreSQL installations. If this is omitted, 2 is used.
- -p base_port
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Specify the base port number used by Pgpool-II and PostgreSQL. Pgpool-II port is base_port. pcp port is base_port + 1. The first PostgreSQL node's port is base_port + 2, second PostgreSQL node's port is base_port + 3 and so on.
If -pg option is specified, the first PostgreSQL node's port is assigned to pg_base_port, the second PostgreSQL node's port is pg_base_port + 1 and so on.
If this is omitted, 11000 is used.
- -pg pg_base_port
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Specify the base port number used by PostgreSQL. The first PostgreSQL node's port is base_port + 2, second PostgreSQL node's port is base_port + 3 and so on.
If this is omitted, base_port +2 is used.
- --no-stop
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Do not stop pgpool and PostgreSQL after the work.
- -d
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Start pgpool with debug mode.
- -s
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In streaming replication mode, use replication slot instead of archive. Since the archive directory is shared by all PostgreSQL clusters, if a standby is promoted, the time line in the archive directory will be changed and other standby servers will be stopped. Using a replication slot does not have this problem and is always preferable if you can use PostgreSQL 9.4 or later, which supports replication slot. The replication slot name used by pgpool_setup is pgpool_setup_slot .
- -r
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Use pg_rewind command in recovery script (basebackup.sh). If the command fails, switch to use ordinal rsync command. In certain cases recovery using pg_rewind is much faster than rsync since it does not copy whole database cluster.
Environment variables
pgpool_setup recognizes following environment variables:
- PGPOOL_INSTALL_DIR
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Specifies the Pgpool-II installation directory. Pgpool-II binaries is expected to be placed under PGPOOL_INSTALL_DIR/bin and pgpool.conf and pool_hba.conf etc. are expected to be placed under PGPOOL_INSTALL_DIR/etc. The default is /usr/local.
- PGPOOLDIR
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Specifies the path to Pgpool-II configuration files. The default is PGPOOL_INSTALL_DIR/etc.
- PGBIN
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Specifies the path to PostgreSQL commands such as initdb, pg_ctl and psql. The default is /usr/local/pgsql/bin.
- PGLIB
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Specifies the path to PostgreSQL shared libraries. The default is /usr/local/pgsql/lib.
- PGSOCKET_DIR
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Specifies the path to Unix socket directory. The default is /tmp.
- INITDBARG
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Specifies the arguments for initdb command. The default is "--no-locale -E UTF_8".
- USE_REPLICATION_SLOT
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If "true", in streaming replication mode, use replication slot instead of archive. This brings the same effect as "-s" option is specified.
- USE_PG_REWIND
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If "true", in streaming replication mode, use pg_rewind in basebackup.sh script. This brings the same effect as "-r" option is specified.
Example
$ pgpool_setup Starting set up in streaming replication mode creating startall and shutdownall creating failover script creating database cluster /home/t-ishii/tmp/test/data0...done. update postgresql.conf creating pgpool_remote_start creating basebackup.sh creating recovery.conf creating database cluster /home/t-ishii/tmp/test/data1...done. update postgresql.conf creating pgpool_remote_start creating basebackup.sh creating recovery.conf temporarily start data0 cluster to create extensions temporarily start pgpool-II to create standby nodes INFO: unrecognized configuration parameter "debug_level" node_id | hostname | port | status | lb_weight | role | select_cnt | load_balance_node | replication_delay ---------+----------+-------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+-------------------+------------------- 0 | /tmp | 11002 | up | 0.500000 | primary | 0 | true | 0 1 | /tmp | 11003 | down | 0.500000 | standby | 0 | false | 0 (2 rows) recovery node 1...pcp_recovery_node -- Command Successful done. creating follow master script Pager usage is off. node_id | hostname | port | status | lb_weight | role | select_cnt | load_balance_node | replication_delay ---------+----------+-------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+-------------------+------------------- 0 | /tmp | 11002 | up | 0.500000 | primary | 0 | false | 0 1 | /tmp | 11003 | up | 0.500000 | standby | 0 | true | 0 (2 rows) shutdown all pgpool-II setting for streaming replication mode is done. To start the whole system, use /home/t-ishii/tmp/test/startall. To shutdown the whole system, use /home/t-ishii/tmp/test/shutdownall. pcp command user name is "t-ishii", password is "t-ishii". Each PostgreSQL, pgpool-II and pcp port is as follows: #1 port is 11002 #2 port is 11003 pgpool port is 11000 pcp port is 11001 The info above is in README.port. $ ls README.port bashrc.ports data1 log pgpool_reload run startall archivedir data0 etc pcppass pgpool_setup.log shutdownall $ ./startall waiting for server to start....11840 2016-08-18 13:08:51 JST LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process 11840 2016-08-18 13:08:51 JST HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "pg_log". done server started waiting for server to start....11853 2016-08-18 13:08:52 JST LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process 11853 2016-08-18 13:08:52 JST HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "pg_log". done server started $ psql -p 11000 test Pager usage is off. psql (9.5.4) Type "help" for help. test=# show pool_nodes; node_id | hostname | port | status | lb_weight | role | select_cnt | load_balance_node | replication_delay ---------+----------+-------+--------+-----------+---------+------------+-------------------+------------------- 0 | /tmp | 11002 | up | 0.500000 | primary | 0 | false | 0 1 | /tmp | 11003 | up | 0.500000 | standby | 0 | true | 0 (2 rows)