1PG_AUTOCTL CREATE FORMATION(1) pg_auto_failover PG_AUTOCTL CREATE FORMATION(1)
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NAME

6       pg_autoctl create formation - pg_autoctl create formation
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8       pg_autoctl   create   formation   -  Create  a  new  formation  on  the
9       pg_auto_failover monitor
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SYNOPSIS

12       This command registers a new formation on the monitor, with the  speci‐
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15          usage: pg_autoctl create formation  [ --pgdata --monitor --formation --kind --dbname  --with-secondary --without-secondary ]
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17          --pgdata      path to data directory
18          --monitor     pg_auto_failover Monitor Postgres URL
19          --formation   name of the formation to create
20          --kind        formation kind, either "pgsql" or "citus"
21          --dbname      name for postgres database to use in this formation
22          --enable-secondary     create a formation that has multiple nodes that can be
23                                 used for fail over when others have issues
24          --disable-secondary    create a citus formation without nodes to fail over to
25          --number-sync-standbys minimum number of standbys to confirm write
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DESCRIPTION

28       A  single pg_auto_failover monitor may manage any number of formations,
29       each composed of at least one Postgres  service  group.  This  commands
30       creates  a  new formation so that it is then possible to register Post‐
31       gres nodes in the new formation.
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OPTIONS

34       The following options are available to pg_autoctl create formation:
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36       --pgdata
37              Location where to initialize a Postgres database cluster,  using
38              either  pg_ctl initdb or pg_basebackup. Defaults to the environ‐
39              ment variable PGDATA.
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41       --monitor
42              Postgres URI used to connect to the monitor. Must  use  the  au‐
43              toctl_node  username  and  target  the pg_auto_failover database
44              name. It is possible to show the Postgres URI from  the  monitor
45              node using the command pg_autoctl_show_uri.
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47       --formation
48              Name of the formation to create.
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50       --kind A  pg_auto_failover  formation could be of kind pgsql or of kind
51              citus. At the moment citus formation kinds are  not  managed  in
52              the Open Source version of pg_auto_failover.
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54       --dbname
55              Name  of  the database to use in the formation, mostly useful to
56              formation kinds citus where the  Citus  extension  is  only  in‐
57              stalled in a single target database.
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59       --enable-secondary
60              The formation to be created allows using standby nodes. Defaults
61              to true. Mostly useful for Citus formations.
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63       --disable-secondary
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66       --number-sync-standby
67              Postgres streaming replication uses synchronous_standby_names to
68              setup  how many standby nodes should have received a copy of the
69              transaction data. When using pg_auto_failover this setup is han‐
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72              Defaults to zero when creating the first two Postgres nodes in a
73              formation in the same group. When set to  zero  pg_auto_failover
74              uses  synchronous replication only when a standby node is avail‐
75              able: the idea is to allow failover, this setting does not allow
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78              When  adding  a  third node that participates in the quorum (one
79              primary, two secondaries), the setting is automatically  changed
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AUTHOR

83       Microsoft
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86       Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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