Re: pgBackRest backup from standby

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Don Seiler <don(at)seiler(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, david(at)pgmasters(dot)net
Subject: Re: pgBackRest backup from standby
Date: 2018-02-19 00:43:58
Message-ID: 20180219004358.GC2661@paquier.xyz
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On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 06:34:46PM -0600, Don Seiler wrote:
> Looking to use pgBackRest to take a backup from a hot standby. I'm reading
> that pgBackRest still needs to connect to the primary and copy some files.
> My questions are:
>
>
> 1. What files does it need to copy? Config files? WAL files?
> 2. How does it connect? SSH?
> 3. Does pgBackRest need to be installed and configured on the primary as
> well?

I am adding in CC: Stephen Frost and David Steele who work on the took.
You may want to contact the maintainers directly through github where
the project is maintained:
https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest
--
Michael

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