Out of the box replication in postgres 9.4

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Out of the Box Replication
In
Postgres 9.4
Denish Patel
Lead Database Architect

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Agenda
! What is WAL?
! Postgres Replication History
! How you setup replication now?
! What’s missing ?
! Why replication slots?
! Demo
I’m NOT going to discuss …
! SLONY or other 3rd party replication tools
! 3rd party replication management tools
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WAL - Write Ahead Log
• Roll-forward recovery aka REDO
• flushed to disk to guarantee commit durability
• sequential writes
• lower cost than flushing page cache
• Allows us to do cool things
• Crash recovery
• Binary backups
• Point-In Time Recovery
• Replication
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WAL Internals (Basic)
• Automatically enabled; no action required
• Make sure to have enough space on server
• Stored under pg_xlog directory
• Normally, 16MB in size
" --with-wal-segsize config option at build
• Each segment is divided into pages (8 kB page)
" --with-wal-blocksize config option at build
• Segment name starts with..
000000010000000000000000
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What is logged?
select * from pg_settings where name='wal_level';
name | wal_level
setting | hot_standby
unit |
category | Write-Ahead Log / Settings
short_desc | Set the level of information written to the WAL.
extra_desc |
context | postmaster
vartype | enum
source | configuration file
min_val |
max_val |
enumvals | { minimal, archive, hot_standby, logical }
boot_val | minimal
reset_val | hot_standby
sourcefile | /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/postgresql.auto.conf
sourceline | 4
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What’s NOT logged?
Almost everything is replicated, but...
! unlogged tables (As name suggests)
! temporary tables
! hash indexes? (generally don’t use?)
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Postgres Replication History
Postgres 7.0: WAL
Postgres 8.0: PITR (Point-In-Time-Recovery)
Postgres 8.2: pg_standby
Postgres 9.0: Hot_standby, Streaming replication
Postgres 9.1: pg_basebackup, Synchronous replication
Postgres 9.2: Cascading Replication
Postgres 9.3: Standby can switch timeline to follow new
master
Postgres 9.4: Replication Slots , Logical decoding
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Basic Steps to Setting up Replication
initdb
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Postgresql.conf
! max_wal_senders=10
! wal_level=hot_standby
! hot_standby=on (on standby)
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pg_hba.conf
#TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
host replication replication 10.0.0.1/32 md5
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Restart database …
pg_ctl restart
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Create replication user
CREATE ROLE replication WITH LOGIN
REPLICATION;
password replication
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Take Backup
! Take file system level backups
! What tools you are using for backups?
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Recovery.conf
primary_conninfo = 'host=primaryhost user=replication
password=replication'
standby_mode = on
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Startup standby db
pg_ctl start
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Not done yet!
Have you configured archiving?
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Don’t forget about this setting?
wal_keep_segments
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Setup archiving . . .
! postgresql.conf
archive_mode = on
archive_command = 'cp %p /some/where/%f'
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Setup restore command
! recovery.conf
restore_command = 'cp /some/where/%f %p'
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Archiving Options
! local or remote copy
! Scp
! Rsync
! NFS
! pg_archivecleanup
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What if you have more standby machines?
archive_command = 'rsync %p standby1::pg/%f && rsync
%p standby2::pg/%f'
archive_command = 'echo standby1 standby2 ...
| xargs -d" " -I{} -n1 -P0 -r rsync %p {}::pg/%f'
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Replication management tools?
! OmniPITR
! WAL-E
! Repmgr
! Pgbarman
! Skytools
! A lot of Custom scripts
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What about fsync?
! fsync capabilities
! cp: no
! dd: GNU coreutils
! SSH: OpenSSH 6.5 sftp-server (Jan 2014)
! rsync: patch or wrapper
! NFS: Supported
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Postgres 9.4 ; Enter Replication Slots
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Postgresql.conf
max_replication_slots = 8
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Create Slot
SELECT * FROM
pg_create_physical_replication_slot('name');
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Recovery.conf
primary_slot_name = ‘name'
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Replication slots benefits
! Keep necessary WAL files
! Each standby can have different WAL apply status
! Single access control setup
! fsync on receiving side
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pg_basebackup
pg_basebackup
-h primaryhost
-U replication
-D $PGDATA
-X stream
–P –v -R
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How about archiving?
! Meet pg_receivexlog
! (Available since Postgers 9.1!)
pg_receivexlog
-D archivedir
--slot archivingslot
-h primaryhost -U replication
! -- synchronous option in 9.5
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Postgres 9.4 – Out of the Box Replication
Are you ready to setup replication without any external
tools?
1. pg_basebackup
2. streaming with Replication Slots
3. pg_receivexlog
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Tutorial – Let’s bring up VM!
! Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?
id=0BxnXwkT5PRBdeVByQVYySkhIemc
! Login: pgtraining/pgcon
! pgtraining user has sudo access
! You can access terminal on the desktop
! Internet should be working within VM
! Copy/paste should work between VM and Host
! Take snapshot along the process so you can rollback
easily
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Installing Postgres
! Remove Postgres 8.4 version
sudo yum erase postgresql.*
! Setup yum repo for your desired version
sudo yum install http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-6-
x86_64/pgdg-redhat94-9.4-1.noarch.rpm
! Install PostgreSQL 9.4 & Contrib modules
sudo yum install postgresql94-server postgresql94-contrib
! Create postgres cluster & initial automatic startup
sudo service postgresql-9.4 initdb
sudo chkconfig postgresql-9.4 on
sudo service postgresql-9.4 start
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Create Role and Database
! Become postgres system user
sudo su - postgres
! Log into database using psql (? to see all available commands)
! Create a role & database for yourself
CREATE ROLE pgtraining WITH LOGIN SUPERUSER;
CREATE DATABASE pgtraining;
! You can login as pgtraining user (psql –U pgtraining –d pgtraining)
! Create replication role for later
CREATE ROLE replication WITH LOGIN REPLICATION;
! Set password (”replication”)
password replication
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Configure pg_hba.conf
! http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/auth-pg-
hba-conf.html
! Find location of hba_file
postgres=# show hba_file;
! Add following entry for replication user
! Try to avoid trust authentication
! [pgtraining@localhost ~]$ sudo vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/
data/pg_hba.conf
host replication replication 127.0.0.1/32 md5
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Prepare Primary DB server
alter system set wal_level = hot_standby;
alter system set archive_mode=on;
alter system set max_replication_slots=8;
alter system set archive_timeout = 60;
alter system set max_wal_senders = 8;
alter system set wal_keep_segments=100;
alter system set logging_collector=on;
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Restart Primary DB server
! Restart database
sudo service postgresql-9.4 restart
! Verify settings
psql=# show max_wal_senders;
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Create replication slot
SELECT * FROM pg_create_physical_replication_slot('standby1');
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Let’s take backup
sudo su - postgres
pg_basebackup -h 127.0.0.1 -U replication -D /var/
lib/pgsql/9.4/slave -R -Xs -P -v
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Prepare standby db server …
cd /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/slave
! Edit Standby postgresql.conf file
port = 5433
hot_standby = on
! Edit Standby recovery.conf file
standby_mode = 'on'
primary_conninfo = 'user=replication password=replication
host=127.0.0.1 port=5432'
primary_slot_name='standby1'
trigger_file = '/var/lib/pgsql/9.4/slave/finish.recovery'
recovery_target_timeline='latest'
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Configure Standby with init
! Copy existing init file
sudo cp /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.4 /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.4-5433
! Edit config file to change (as root):
PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/9.4/slave
PGLOG=/var/lib/pgsql/9.4/pgstartup-5433.log
PGUPLOG=/var/lib/pgsql/$PGMAJORVERSION/
pgupgrade-5433.log
! Register service, start up slave
sudo chkconfig postgresql-9.4-5433 on
sudo service postgresql-9.4-5433 start
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What about archiving?
! Create slot for archiving:
SELECT * FROM
pg_create_physical_replication_slot('archiver1');
! Create archive directory
mkdir /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/archive
! Start archiving process in background
/usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/pg_receivexlog -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432 -U
replication –S 'archiver1' -n -v -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/
archive
! Put under init.d for continuous run
! Switch xlog : primary_db_sever# select pg_switch_xlog();
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Monitoring
! Monitor Disk space
! Monitor slave lag
select pg_xlog_location_diff(sent_location, write_location) AS
byte_lag
from pg_stat_replication
where application_name='pg_receivexlog';
! Monitor WAL archive process
select pg_xlog_location_diff(sent_location, write_location) AS
byte_lag
from pg_stat_replication
where application_name='walreceiver';
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Monitoring
• Number of pg_xlogs on master
• Monitor pg_recievexlog process
• Make sure archive location has new files
• pg_basebackup log files for successful backup… look
for “pg_basebackup: base backup completed”
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Thanks to….
! OmniTI for travel sponsorships
! Pgcon conference committee
! Peter Eisentraut
! You!!
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Questions?
denish@omniti.com
Twitter: DenishPatel
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