Commit 116c9e83 authored by Toon Claes's avatar Toon Claes

More details about troubleshooting inactive replication slot

When a postgresql replication slot is not active, one should not just delete it.
Instead ask themselves, should it be active and if so, why isn't it active.

If they intent to not use it, they can remove it.
parent 8ad04d18
......@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ the default thirty minutes. Adjust as required for your installation.
Determine if you have any unused replication slots in the primary database. This can cause large amounts of log data to build up in `pg_xlog`.
Removing the unused slots can reduce the amount of space used in the `pg_xlog`.
- Start a PostgreSQL console session:
1. Start a PostgreSQL console session:
```bash
sudo gitlab-psql gitlabhq_production
......@@ -96,13 +96,18 @@ Removing the unused slots can reduce the amount of space used in the `pg_xlog`.
Note that using `gitlab-rails dbconsole` will not work, because managing replication slots requires superuser permissions.
- View your replication slots with
2. View your replication slots with
```sql
SELECT * FROM pg_replication_slots;
```
- If there is an unused/inactive slot, you can remove it with
Slots where `active` is `f` are not active.
- When this slot should be active, because you have a secondary configured using that slot,
log in to that secondary and check the postgresql logs why the replication is not running.
- If you are no longer using the slot (e.g. you no longer have Geo enabled), you can remove it with in the PostgreSQL console session:
```sql
SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('name_of_extra_slot');
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