Release notes 1.4 (#597)

Document  Kubernetes parameters, environment variables. Describe how Patroni uses Kubernetes.

docs/README.rst

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 .. _readme:
 
-=================
-How Patroni Works
-=================
+============
+Introduction
+============
 
 Patroni originated as a fork of `Governor <https://github.com/compose/governor>`__, the project from Compose. It includes plenty of new features.
 
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 * `PostgreSQL HA with Kubernetes and Patroni <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iruaCgeG7qs>`__, talk by Josh Berkus at KubeCon 2016 (video)
 * `Feb. 2016 Zalando Tech blog post <https://tech.zalando.de/blog/zalandos-patroni-a-template-for-high-availability-postgresql/>`__
 
-==================
+
 Development Status
-==================
+------------------
 
 Patroni is in active development and accepts contributions. See our :ref:`Contributing <contributing>` section below for more details.
 
 We report new releases information :ref:`here <releases>`.
 
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+
 Technical Requirements/Installation
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+-----------------------------------
 
 **Pre-requirements for Mac OS**
 
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 Note that external tools to call in the replica creation or custom bootstap scripts (i.e. WAL-E) should be installed
 independently of Patroni.
 
-=======================
+
 Running and Configuring
-=======================
+-----------------------
 
 The following section assumes Patroni repository as being cloned from https://github.com/zalando/patroni. Namely, you
 will need example configuration files `postgres0.yml` and `postgres1.yml`. If you installed Patroni with pip, you can
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     > psql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000 postgres
 
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+
 YAML Configuration
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+------------------
 
 Go :ref:`here <settings>` for comprehensive information about settings for etcd, consul, and ZooKeeper. And for an example, see `postgres0.yml <https://github.com/zalando/patroni/blob/master/postgres0.yml>`__.
 
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+
 Environment Configuration
-=========================
+-------------------------
 
 Go :ref:`here <environment>` for comprehensive information about configuring(overriding) settings via environment variables.
 
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+
 Replication Choices
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+-------------------
 
 Patroni uses Postgres' streaming replication, which is asynchronous by default. Patroni's asynchronous replication configuration allows for ``maximum_lag_on_failover`` settings. This setting ensures failover will not occur if a follower is more than a certain number of bytes behind the leader. This setting should be increased or decreased based on business requirements. It's also possible to use synchronous replication for better durability guarantees. See :ref:`replication modes documentation <replication_modes>` for details.
 
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+
 Applications Should Not Use Superusers
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+--------------------------------------
 
 When connecting from an application, always use a non-superuser. Patroni requires access to the database to function properly. By using a superuser from an application, you can potentially use the entire connection pool, including the connections reserved for superusers, with the ``superuser_reserved_connections`` setting. If Patroni cannot access the Primary because the connection pool is full, behavior will be undesirable.