Commit 0ff7ea5d authored by Robert Haas's avatar Robert Haas

Some minor wordsmithing for the cascading replication documentation.

Per report from Thom Brown.
parent e26d5fcd
...@@ -924,16 +924,17 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass' ...@@ -924,16 +924,17 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
Promoting a cascading standby terminates the immediate downstream replication Promoting a cascading standby terminates the immediate downstream replication
connections which it serves. This is because the timeline becomes different connections which it serves. This is because the timeline becomes different
between standbys, and they can no longer continue replication. The between standbys, and they can no longer continue replication. The
effected standby(s) may reconnect to reestablish streaming replication. affected standby(s) may reconnect to reestablish streaming replication.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
To use cascading replication, set up the cascading standby so that it can To use cascading replication, set up the cascading standby so that it can
accept replication connections, i.e., set <varname>max_wal_senders</>, accept replication connections (that is, set
<varname>hot_standby</> and authentication option (see <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"> and <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby">,
<xref linkend="streaming-replication"> and <xref linkend="hot-standby">). and configure
Also set <varname>primary_conninfo</> in the downstream standby to point <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">host-based authentication</link>).
to the cascading standby. You will also need to set <varname>primary_conninfo</> in the downstream
standby to point to the cascading standby.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
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