NAME

       repmgr - PostgreSQL replication manager

SYNOPSIS

       repmgr [options] master {register}
       repmgr [options] standby {register|clone|promote|follow}
       repmgr [options] cluster show

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the repmgr command.

       repmgr  is a command program that allows you to monitor and manage your replicated PostgreSQL as a single
       cluster. It performs some tasks like clone a node, promote it or making  follow  another  node  and  then
       exits.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
       A summary of options is included below.  For a complete description, see README.rst file.

   General options
       --help Show summary of options.

       --version
              Show version information.

       --verbose
              Output verbose activity information.

   Connection options
       -d, --dbname=DBNAME
              Database to connect to.

       -h, --host=HOSTNAME
              Database server host or socket directory.

       -p, --port=PORT
              Database server port.

       -U, --username=USERNAME
              Database user name to connect as.

   Configuration options
       -D, --data-dir=DIR
              Local directory where the files will be copied to.

       -l, --local-port=PORT
              Standby or witness server local port.

       -f, --config_file=PATH
              Path to the configuration file.

       -R, --remote-user=USERNAME
              Database server username for rsync.

       -w, --wal-keep-segments=VALUE
              Minimum value for the GUC wal_keep_segments (default: 5000).

       -I, --ignore-rsync-warning
              Ignore rsync partial transfer warning.

       -F, --force
              Force potentially dangerous operations to happen.

COMMANDS

       master register
              Registers the master in a cluster.

       standby register
              Registers a standby in a cluster.

       standby clone [node]
              Allows creation of a new standby.

       standby promote
              Allows manual promotion of a specific standby into a new master in the event of a failover.

       standby follow
              Allows the standby to re-point itself to a new master.

       cluster show
              Print node information.

SEE ALSO

       rsync(1), repmgrd(8).

RESOURCES

       Homepage: http://www.repmgr.org

AUTHOR

       repmgr was written by 2ndQuadrant Limited <info@2ndquadrant.com>.

       This  manual  page  was written by Krzysztof Gajdemski <songo@debian.org.pl>, for the Debian project (and
       may be used by others).

                                                  May 11, 2012                                         REPMGR(1)