Commit 69399d4a authored by Stan Hu's avatar Stan Hu

Simplify instructions since replicate-geo-database creates the replication slot

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parent c2bfa2e2
......@@ -151,33 +151,6 @@ The following guide assumes that:
1. Now that the PostgreSQL server is set up to accept remote connections, run
`netstat -plnt` to make sure that PostgreSQL is listening to the server's
public IP.
1. New for 9.4: Choose a database-friendly name to use for your secondary to use as the
replication slot name. For example, if your domain is
`geo-secondary.mydomain.com`, you may use `geo_secondary_my_domain_com` as
the slot name.
1. New for 9.4: Create a replication slot in PostgreSQL for the secondary. To do this, you must
login to your PostgreSQL instance with database superuser account an issue a SQL
command:
```sql
SELECT * FROM pg_create_physical_replication_slot('geo_secondary_my_domain_com');
```
For example, on an Omnibus-provided PostgreSQL database, it would be done
in the following way:
```
$ sudo -u gitlab-psql /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/psql -h /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql -d gitlabhq_production
psql (9.6.1)
Type "help" for help.
gitlabhq_production=# SELECT * FROM pg_create_physical_replication_slot('geo_secondary_my_domain');
slot_name | xlog_position
-------------------------+---------------
geo_secondary_my_domain |
(1 row)
```
1. Continue to [set up the secondary server](#step-2-configure-the-secondary-server).
### Step 2. Configure the secondary server
......@@ -233,6 +206,11 @@ data before running `pg_basebackup`.
sudo -i
```
1. New for 9.4: Choose a database-friendly name to use for your secondary to use as the
replication slot name. For example, if your domain is
`geo-secondary.mydomain.com`, you may use `geo_secondary_my_domain_com` as
the slot name.
1. Execute the command below to start a backup/restore and begin the replication:
```
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