barman-receive-wal - Barman Sub-Commands
receive-wal
[ --create-slot ]
[ --if-not-exists ]
[ --drop-slot ]
[ { -h | --help } ]
[ --reset ]
[ --stop ]
SERVER_NAME
Initiate the streaming of transaction logs for a server. This
process uses pg_receivewal or pg_receivexlog to receive WAL
files from Postgres servers via the streaming protocol.
- SERVER_NAME
- Name of the server in barman node.
- --create-slot
- Create the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name
configuration parameter.
- --if-not-exists
- Do not error out when --create-slot is specified and a slot with
the specified name already exists.
- --drop-slot
- Drop the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name
configuration parameter.
- -h /
--help
- Show a help message and exit. Provides information about command
usage.
- --reset
- Reset the status of receive-wal, restarting the streaming from the
current WAL file of the server.
- --stop
- Stop the process for the server.
WARNING:
The --stop option for the barman
receive-wal command will be obsoleted in a future release. Users should
favor using the terminate-process command instead, which is the new way
of handling this feature.
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