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Clarify repmgr.conf usage
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ibarwick committed Feb 27, 2015
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- `repmgrd`: an optional daemon process which runs on standby nodes to monitor
replication and node status

Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr` configuration file; additionally
Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr.conf` configuration file; additionally
it must be "registered" using the `repmgr` command-line client. `repmgr` stores
information about managed nodes in a custom schema on the node's current master
database.
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### repmgr configuration

Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr` configuration file containing
Each PostgreSQL node requires a `repmgr.conf` configuration file containing
identification and database connection information:

cluster=test
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* `pg_bindir`: (optional) location of PostgreSQL binaries, if not in the default $PATH

Note that the configuration file should *not* be stored inside the PostgreSQL
data directory.
data directory. The configuration file can be specified with the
`-f, --config-file=PATH` option and can have any arbitrary name. If no
configuration file is specified, `repmgr` will search for `repmgr.conf`
in the current working directory.

Each node configuration needs to be registered with `repmgr`, either using the
`repmgr` command line tool, or the `repmgrd` daemon; for details see below. Details
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