Re: speed up a logical replica setup

Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>

From: "Euler Taveira" <euler@eulerto.com>
To: "kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: "vignesh C" <vignesh21@gmail.com>, "Michael Paquier" <michael@paquier.xyz>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter@eisentraut.org>, "Andres Freund" <andres@anarazel.de>, "Ashutosh Bapat" <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>, "Amit Kapila" <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, "Shlok Kyal" <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-02-01T03:05:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. pg_createsubscriber: Remove obsolete comment

  2. pg_createsubscriber: Fix an unpredictable recovery wait time.

  3. Fix unstable test in 040_pg_createsubscriber.

  4. Fix the testcase introduced in commit 81d20fbf7a.

  5. Further weaken new pg_createsubscriber test on Windows.

  6. Temporarily(?) weaken new pg_createsubscriber test on Windows.

  7. Make pg_createsubscriber warn if publisher has two-phase commit enabled.

  8. Make pg_createsubscriber more wary about quoting connection parameters.

  9. pg_createsubscriber: Remove failover replication slots on subscriber

  10. pg_createsubscriber: Remove replication slot check on primary

  11. pg_createsubscriber: Only --recovery-timeout controls the end of recovery process

  12. pg_createsubscriber: creates a new logical replica from a standby server

  13. Add some const decorations

  14. Add option force_initdb to PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster:init()

  15. Remove MSVC scripts

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, at 11:09 PM, Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu) wrote:
> >
> Why? Are you suggesting that the dry run mode covers just the verification
> part? If so, it is not a dry run mode. I would expect it to run until the end
> (or until it accomplish its goal) but *does not* modify data. For pg_resetwal,
> the modification is one of the last steps and the other ones (KillFoo
> functions) that are skipped modify data. It ends the dry run mode when it
> accomplish its goal (obtain the new control data values). If we stop earlier,
> some of the additional steps won't be covered by the dry run mode and a failure
> can happen but could be detected if you run a few more steps.
> >
> 
> Yes, it was my expectation. I'm still not sure which operations can detect by the
> dry_run, but we can keep it for now.

The main goal is to have information for troubleshooting.

> 
> Good point. I included a check for pg_create_subscription role and CREATE
> privilege on the specified database.
> >
> 
> Not sure, but can we do the replication origin functions by these privilege?
> According to the doc[1], these ones seem not to be related.

Hmm. No. :( Better add this check too.


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