Hi, Found on the dev mailing list (hidden well)... On the master postgresql.conf: archive_command = 'rsync -arv "%p" slave_hostname:/.../wal_archive/"%f";' (and maybe '&cp "%p" /.../wal_archive/"%f";') archive_timeout= 900 So, you need to perform a ssh-keygen on both sides. Now, the slave recovery.conf: restore_command = '/.../RECOVER/restore.sh /.../wal_archive/%f "%p"' and the restore.sh script: ************ #!/bin/bash RESTORE_FROM=$1 RESTORE_TO=$2 DELAY=100000 TRIGGERED=0 TRIGGER_FILE="{$POSTGRES_PATH}/RECOVER /trigger" copyfunc() { if [ "$TRIGGERED" -eq "0" ]; then cp -v -i $RESTORE_FROM $RESTORE_TO fi } k=`expr $1 : '.*\(history\)'` if [ "$k" == "history" ]; then copyfunc; exit $?; fi while [ ! -f "$RESTORE_FROM" -a "$TRIGGERED" -eq "0" ]; do usleep $DELAY; if [ -e $TRIGGER_FILE ]; then TRIGGERED=1; fi done copyfunc; *********** finally, you just need to launch /etc/rc.d/pgsql start (nohup) The logfile: 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: database system was interrupted at 200703-25 20:05:01 CEST 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: starting archive recovery 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: restore_command = "/.../restore.sh /.../wal_archive/%f "%p"" cp: cannot stat `/.../wal_archive/00000001.history': No such file or directory `/.../wal_archive/0000000100000023000000AD.00000068.backup' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY' 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: restored log file "0000000100000023000000AD.00000068.backup" from archive `/..../wal_archive/0000000100000023000000AD' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: restored log file "0000000100000023000000AD" from archive 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: checkpoint record is at 23/AD000068 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: redo record is at 23/AD000068; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: next transaction ID: 0/1068654; next OID: 85648 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: next MultiXactId: 31; next MultiXactOffset: 62 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: automatic recovery in progress 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: redo starts at 23/AD0000B0 `/.../wal_archive/0000000100000023000000AE' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: restored log file "0000000100000023000000AE" from archive `/.../wal_archive/0000000100000023000000AF' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-03-26 10:19:02 CEST LOG: restored log file "0000000100000023000000AF" from archive today... 2007-04-04 15:50:38 CEST LOG: restored log file "000000010000002700000071" from archive `/.../wal_archive/000000010000002700000072' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-04-04 16:05:38 CEST LOG: restored log file "000000010000002700000072" from archive `/.../wal_archive/000000010000002700000073' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-04-04 16:20:38 CEST LOG: restored log file "000000010000002700000073" from archive `/.../wal_archive/000000010000002700000074' -> `pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG' 2007-04-04 16:35:38 CEST LOG: restored log file "000000010000002700000074" from archive And if you try to connect with psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up Regards, Ghislain