Re: how to tell master from replica

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
Cc: Postgresql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how to tell master from replica
Date: 2013-09-26 00:13:20
Message-ID: CAB7nPqStjkHBpLyVB_63bVNwyNd_tWM9YDLRgUWuD-GyN-G5Eg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com> wrote:
> Assuming a master & replica set up using streaming replication, hot standby, 9.3.
>
> I'd like to have a single script on both machines distinguish whether it's running on the machine with the master or replica, and take different actions accordingly.
>
> Is the way to do this to check for the presence of wal sender process vs wal receiver process? Or is there a query that could executed against sys tables to find current running config of the local postmaster?
"SELECT pg_is_in_recovery();" can be used to make the difference
between a master and a slave.
--
Michael

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