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pg_autoctl perform failover - pg_autoctl perform failover

pg_autoctl perform failover - Perform a failover for given formation and group

This command starts a Postgres failover orchestration from the pg_auto_failover monitor:

usage: pg_autoctl perform failover  [ --pgdata --formation --group ]
--pgdata      path to data directory
--formation   formation to target, defaults to 'default'
--group       group to target, defaults to 0
--wait        how many seconds to wait, default to 60


The pg_auto_failover monitor can be used to orchestrate a manual failover, sometimes also known as a switchover. When doing so, split-brain are prevented thanks to intermediary states being used in the Finite State Machine.

The pg_autoctl perform failover command waits until the failover is known complete on the monitor, or until the hard-coded 60s timeout has passed.

The failover orchestration is done in the background by the monitor, so even if the pg_autoctl perform failover stops on the timeout, the failover orchestration continues at the monitor.

Location of the Postgres node being managed locally. Defaults to the environment variable PGDATA. Use --monitor to connect to a monitor from anywhere, rather than the monitor URI used by a local Postgres node managed with pg_autoctl.
Formation to target for the operation. Defaults to default.
Postgres group to target for the operation. Defaults to 0, only Citus formations may have more than one group.
How many seconds to wait for notifications about the promotion. The command stops when the promotion is finished (a node is primary), or when the timeout has elapsed, whichever comes first. The value 0 (zero) disables the timeout and allows the command to wait forever.

PGDATA

Postgres directory location. Can be used instead of the --pgdata option.


PG_AUTOCTL_MONITOR

Postgres URI to connect to the monitor node, can be used instead of the --monitor option.


PGHOST, PGPORT, PGDATABASE, PGUSER, PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT, ...

See the Postgres docs about Environment Variables for details.


TMPDIR

The pgcopydb command creates all its work files and directories in ${TMPDIR}/pgcopydb, and defaults to /tmp/pgcopydb.


XDG_CONFIG_HOME

The pg_autoctl command stores its configuration files in the standard place XDG_CONFIG_HOME. See the XDG Base Directory Specification.


XDG_DATA_HOME

The pg_autoctl command stores its internal states files in the standard place XDG_DATA_HOME, which defaults to ~/.local/share. See the XDG Base Directory Specification.


$ pg_autoctl perform failover
12:57:30 3635 INFO  Listening monitor notifications about state changes in formation "default" and group 0
12:57:30 3635 INFO  Following table displays times when notifications are received


    Time |  Name |  Node |      Host:Port |       Current State |      Assigned State
---------+-------+-------+----------------+---------------------+--------------------
12:57:30 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |             primary |            draining
12:57:30 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |            draining |            draining
12:57:30 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |           secondary |          report_lsn
12:57:30 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |           secondary |          report_lsn
12:57:36 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |          report_lsn |          report_lsn
12:57:36 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |          report_lsn |          report_lsn
12:57:36 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |          report_lsn |   prepare_promotion
12:57:36 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |   prepare_promotion |   prepare_promotion
12:57:36 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |   prepare_promotion |    stop_replication
12:57:36 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |            draining |      demote_timeout
12:57:36 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |          report_lsn |      join_secondary
12:57:36 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |      demote_timeout |      demote_timeout
12:57:36 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |      join_secondary |      join_secondary
12:57:37 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |    stop_replication |    stop_replication
12:57:37 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |    stop_replication |        wait_primary
12:57:37 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |      demote_timeout |             demoted
12:57:37 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |             demoted |             demoted
12:57:37 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |        wait_primary |        wait_primary
12:57:37 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |      join_secondary |           secondary
12:57:37 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |             demoted |          catchingup
12:57:38 | node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 |           secondary |           secondary
12:57:38 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |        wait_primary |             primary
12:57:38 | node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 |          catchingup |          catchingup
12:57:38 | node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 |             primary |             primary
$ pg_autoctl show state


 Name |  Node |      Host:Port |       LSN |   Connection |       Current State |      Assigned State
------+-------+----------------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+--------------------
node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 | 0/4000F50 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary
node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 | 0/4000F50 |   read-write |             primary |             primary
node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 | 0/4000F50 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary


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November 6, 2022 2.0