# Copyright (c) 2021, PostgreSQL Global Development Group # Test for timeline switch use strict; use warnings; use File::Path qw(rmtree); use PostgresNode; use TestLib; use Test::More tests => 3; $ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres'; # Ensure that a cascading standby is able to follow a newly-promoted standby # on a new timeline. # Initialize primary node my $node_primary = get_new_node('primary'); $node_primary->init(allows_streaming => 1); $node_primary->start; # Take backup my $backup_name = 'my_backup'; $node_primary->backup($backup_name); # Create two standbys linking to it my $node_standby_1 = get_new_node('standby_1'); $node_standby_1->init_from_backup($node_primary, $backup_name, has_streaming => 1); $node_standby_1->start; my $node_standby_2 = get_new_node('standby_2'); $node_standby_2->init_from_backup($node_primary, $backup_name, has_streaming => 1); $node_standby_2->start; # Create some content on primary $node_primary->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_int AS SELECT generate_series(1,1000) AS a"); # Wait until standby has replayed enough data on standby 1 $node_primary->wait_for_catchup($node_standby_1, 'replay', $node_primary->lsn('write')); # Stop and remove primary $node_primary->teardown_node; # promote standby 1 using "pg_promote", switching it to a new timeline my $psql_out = ''; $node_standby_1->psql( 'postgres', "SELECT pg_promote(wait_seconds => 300)", stdout => \$psql_out); is($psql_out, 't', "promotion of standby with pg_promote"); # Switch standby 2 to replay from standby 1 my $connstr_1 = $node_standby_1->connstr; $node_standby_2->append_conf( 'postgresql.conf', qq( primary_conninfo='$connstr_1' )); $node_standby_2->restart; # Insert some data in standby 1 and check its presence in standby 2 # to ensure that the timeline switch has been done. $node_standby_1->safe_psql('postgres', "INSERT INTO tab_int VALUES (generate_series(1001,2000))"); $node_standby_1->wait_for_catchup($node_standby_2, 'replay', $node_standby_1->lsn('write')); my $result = $node_standby_2->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_int"); is($result, qq(2000), 'check content of standby 2'); # Ensure that a standby is able to follow a primary on a newer timeline # when WAL archiving is enabled. # Initialize primary node my $node_primary_2 = get_new_node('primary_2'); $node_primary_2->init(allows_streaming => 1, has_archiving => 1); $node_primary_2->append_conf( 'postgresql.conf', qq( wal_keep_size = 512MB )); $node_primary_2->start; # Take backup $node_primary_2->backup($backup_name); # Create standby node my $node_standby_3 = get_new_node('standby_3'); $node_standby_3->init_from_backup($node_primary_2, $backup_name, has_streaming => 1); # Restart primary node in standby mode and promote it, switching it # to a new timeline. $node_primary_2->set_standby_mode; $node_primary_2->restart; $node_primary_2->promote; # Start standby node, create some content on primary and check its presence # in standby, to ensure that the timeline switch has been done. $node_standby_3->start; $node_primary_2->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_int AS SELECT 1 AS a"); $node_primary_2->wait_for_catchup($node_standby_3, 'replay', $node_primary_2->lsn('write')); my $result_2 = $node_standby_3->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_int"); is($result_2, qq(1), 'check content of standby 3');