NAME

       slony_logshipping - slony_logshippping daemon

slony_logshipper TOOL

       slony_logshipper  is a tool designed to help apply logs. It runs as a daemon and scans the
       archive directory for new .SQL files which it then applies to the target database. It  can
       be run with three sorts of parameters:

OPTIONS

       • Options, chosen from the following:

         • h

           display this help text and exit

         • v

           display program version and exit

         • q

           quiet mode

         • l

           cause running daemon to reopen its logfile

         • r

           cause running daemon to resume after error

         • t

           cause running daemon to enter smart shutdown mode

         • T

           cause running daemon to enter immediate shutdown mode

         • c

           destroy existing semaphore set and message queue (use with caution)

         • f

           stay in foreground (don't daemonize)

         • w

           enter smart shutdown mode immediately

       • A specified log shipper configuration file

         This configuration file consists of the following specifications:

         • logfile = './offline_logs/logshipper.log';

           Where the log shipper will leave messages.

         • cluster name = 'T1';

           Cluster name

         • destination database = 'dbname=slony_test3';

           Optional conninfo for the destination database. If given, the log shipper will connect
           to this database, and apply logs to it.

         • archive dir = './offline_logs';

           The archive directory is required when running in ‘database-connected’ mode to have  a
           place to scan for missing (unapplied) archives.

         • destination dir = './offline_result';

           If  specified,  the  log  shipper will write the results of data massaging into result
           logfiles in this directory.

         • max archives = 3600;

           This fights eventual resource leakage; the daemon will  enter  ‘smart  shutdown’  mode
           automatically after processing this many archives.

         • ignore table "public"."history";

           One may filter out single tables from log shipped replication

         • ignore namespace "public";

           One may filter out entire namespaces from log shipped replication

         • rename namespace "public"."history" to "site_001"."history";

           One may rename specific tables.

         • rename namespace "public" to "site_001";

           One may rename entire namespaces.

         • post processing command = 'gzip -9 $inarchive';

           Pre- and post-processing commands are executed via system(3).

       An  ‘@’  as  the  first character causes the exit code to be ignored. Otherwise, a nonzero
       exit code is treated as an error and causes processing to abort.

       Pre- and post-processing commands have two further special variables defined:

         • $inarchive - indicating incoming archive filename

         • $outnarchive - indicating outgoing archive filename

       • error command = ' ( echo "archive=$inarchive" echo "error messages:" echo "$errortext" )
         | mail -s "Slony log shipping failed" postgres@localhost ';

         The error command indicates a command to execute upon encountering an error. All logging
         since the last successful completion of  an  archive  is  available  in  the  $errortext
         variable.

         In the example shown, this sends an email to the DBAs upon encountering an error.

       • Archive File Names

         Each filename is added to the SystemV Message queue for processing by a slony_logshipper
         process.

                                         10 January 2016                     slony_logshipping(1)