# -------------------------------
#
# Edit this file to provide the parameters that PostgreSQL needs to
-# perform an archive recovery of a database, or to act as a log-streaming
-# replication standby.
+# perform an archive recovery of a database, or to act as a replication
+# standby.
#
# If "recovery.conf" is present in the PostgreSQL data directory, it is
# read on postmaster startup. After successful recovery, it is renamed
#
# This file consists of lines of the form:
#
-# name = 'value'
+# name = value
#
# Comments are introduced with '#'.
#
# If you want to stop rollforward at a specific point, you
# must set a recovery target.
#
-# You may set a recovery target either by transactionId, or
-# by timestamp. Recovery may either include or exclude the
+# You may set a recovery target either by transactionId, by name,
+# or by timestamp. Recovery may either include or exclude the
# transaction(s) with the recovery target value (ie, stop either
# just after or just before the given target, respectively).
#
+#
+#recovery_target_name = '' # e.g. 'daily backup 2011-01-26'
+#
#recovery_target_time = '' # e.g. '2004-07-14 22:39:00 EST'
#
#recovery_target_xid = ''
#
-#recovery_target_inclusive = 'true'
+#recovery_target_inclusive = true
+#
+#
+# Alternatively, you can request stopping as soon as a consistent state
+# is reached, by uncommenting this option.
+#
+#recovery_target = 'immediate'
#
#
# If you want to recover into a timeline other than the "main line" shown in
#
#recovery_target_timeline = 'latest'
#
+#
+# If pause_at_recovery_target is enabled, recovery will pause when
+# the recovery target is reached. The pause state will continue until
+# pg_xlog_replay_resume() is called. This setting has no effect if
+# hot standby is not enabled, or if no recovery target is set.
+#
+#pause_at_recovery_target = true
+#
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# STANDBY SERVER PARAMETERS
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
-# When standby_mode is enabled, the PostgreSQL server will work as
-# a standby. It tries to connect to the primary according to the
-# connection settings primary_conninfo, and receives XLOG records
-# continuously.
+# standby_mode
+#
+# When standby_mode is enabled, the PostgreSQL server will work as a
+# standby. It will continuously wait for the additional XLOG records, using
+# restore_command and/or primary_conninfo.
+#
+#standby_mode = off
+#
+# primary_conninfo
#
-#standby_mode = 'off'
+# If set, the PostgreSQL server will try to connect to the primary using this
+# connection string and receive XLOG records continuously.
#
#primary_conninfo = '' # e.g. 'host=localhost port=5432'
#
+# If set, the PostgreSQL server will use the specified replication slot when
+# connecting to the primary via streaming replication to control resource
+# removal on the upstream node. This setting has no effect if primary_conninfo
+# is not set.
#
-# By default, a standby server keeps streaming XLOG records from the
-# primary indefinitely. If you want to stop streaming and finish recovery,
-# opening up the system in read/write mode, specify path to a trigger file.
-# Server will poll the trigger file path periodically and stop streaming
-# when it's found.
+#primary_slotname = ''
+#
+# By default, a standby server keeps restoring XLOG records from the
+# primary indefinitely. If you want to stop the standby mode, finish recovery
+# and open the system in read/write mode, specify path to a trigger file.
+# The server will poll the trigger file path periodically and start as a
+# primary server when it's found.
#
#trigger_file = ''
#
+# By default, a standby server keeps restoring XLOG records from the
+# primary as soon as possible. If you want to explicitly delay the replay of
+# committed transactions from the master, specify a recovery apply delay.
+# For example, if you set this parameter to 5min, the standby will replay
+# each transaction commit only when the system time on the standby is at
+# least five minutes past the commit time reported by the master.
+#
+#min_recovery_apply_delay = 0
+#
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# HOT STANDBY PARAMETERS
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------