From 05a13839aa946d2aaa0ade6ce3c5f1b9278ea7ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bradnicholson Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:57:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update replica_bootstrap.rst (#915) Add some docs about replication slots for standby clusters --- docs/replica_bootstrap.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/replica_bootstrap.rst b/docs/replica_bootstrap.rst index 1f3cb520..59006711 100644 --- a/docs/replica_bootstrap.rst +++ b/docs/replica_bootstrap.rst @@ -195,3 +195,5 @@ in a patroni configuration: Note, that these options will be applied only once during cluster bootstrap, and the only way to change them afterwards is through DCS. + +If you use replication slots on the standby cluster, you must also create the corresponding replication slot on the primary cluster. It will not be done automatically by the standby cluster implementation. You can use Patroni's permenant replication slots feature on the primary cluster to maintain a replication slot with the same name as ``primary_slot_name``, or its default value if ``primary_slot_name`` is not provided.