> What was your bdr config at this point? The error message indicates that it tries to > connect to port 5432 on localhost - but the copy was taken from 'main_node_ip'. > Perhaps you forgot to specify the ehost in the config? # Here is my conf on the DR server (where I am running bdr_init_copy) bdr.connections = 'primary' bdr.primary_dsn = 'dbname=my_db host=primary_ip user=my_username port=5432' bdr.primary_init_replica = on bdr.primary_replica_local_dsn = 'dbname=my_db user=my_username port=5432' # For reference, here is the conf on my Primary server: bdr.connections = 'dr' bdr.dr_dsn = 'dbname=my_db host=dr_ip user=my_username port=5432' > What does 'git describe --tags' return? bdr-pg/REL9_4beta3-1-120-ga2725dd -----Original Message----- From: Andres Freund [mailto:andres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:57 PM To: John Casey Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: bdr_init_copy fails when starting 2nd BDR node Hi, On 2014-12-29 23:51:05 -0500, John Casey wrote: > I've been having issues while attempting to begin BDR replication. If > I set up the main node, then use bdr_init_copy, it always fails on > second node, as shown below. > > > > postgres$ rm -Rf $PGDATA > > postgres$ echo db_password | pg_basebackup -X stream -h main_node_ip > -p 5432 -U username -D $PGDATA > > postgres$ cp $HOME/backup/postgresql.conf $PGDATA > > postgres$ bdr_init_copy -U username -D $PGDATA > > bdr_init_copy: starting... > > Assigning new system identifier: 6098464173726284030... > > Creating primary replication slots... > > Creating restore point... > > Could not connect to the remote server: could not connect to server: > No such file or directory > > Is the server running locally and accepting > > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? What was your bdr config at this point? The error message indicates that it tries to connect to port 5432 on localhost - but the copy was taken from 'main_node_ip'. Perhaps you forgot to specify th ehost in the config? What does 'git describe --tags' return? Greetings, Andres Freund -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general