From 8f6c94272c485bb812aebe063fc412326a17b880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:34:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest logical replication more prominently for upgrading The previous wording suggested only Slony, and there are more options available. --- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 5523da33cf..1c92e7df75 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1946,9 +1946,9 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 Upgrading Data via Replication - It is also possible to use certain replication methods, such as - Slony, to create a standby server with the updated version of - PostgreSQL. This is possible because Slony supports + It is also possible to use logical replication methods to create a standby + server with the updated version of PostgreSQL. + This is possible because logical replication supports replication between different major versions of PostgreSQL. The standby can be on the same computer or a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server @@ -1958,6 +1958,13 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 of downtime for an upgrade. + + This method of upgrading can be performed using the built-in logical + replication facilities as well as using external logical replication + systems such as pglogical, + Slony, Londiste, and + Bucardo. + -- 2.40.0