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Cynthia Shang
974a02dbe4 Improved stanza-create command so that it can repair broken repositories in most cases and is robust enough to be made mandatory.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-12-20 16:52:20 -05:00
David Steele
aecc0f737e Fixed a few directory syncs that were missed for the --repo-sync option. 2016-12-19 14:40:22 -05:00
Adrian Vondendriesch
4e1b74688d Fixed const assignment giving compiler warning in C library.
Fixed by Adrian Vondendriesch.
2016-12-13 08:22:36 -05:00
David Steele
8e3464da80 v1.12: Page Checksums, Configuration, and Bug Fixes
IMPORTANT NOTE: In prior releases it was possible to specify options on the command-line that were invalid for the current command without getting an error. An error will now be generated for invalid options so it is important to carefully check command-line options in your environment to prevent disruption.

Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where options that were invalid for the specified command could be provided on the command-line without generating an error. The options were ignored and did not cause any change in behavior, but it did lead to some confusion. Invalid options will now generate an error. (Reported by Nikhilchandra Kulkarni.)
* Fixed an issue where internal symlinks were not being created for tablespaces in the repository. This issue was only apparent when trying to bring up clusters in-place manually using filesystem snapshots and did not affect normal backup and restore.
* Fixed an issue that prevented errors from being output to the console before the logging system was initialized, i.e. while parsing options. Error codes were still being returned accurately so this would not have made a process look like it succeeded when it did not. (Reported by Adrian Vondendriesch.)
* Fixed an issue where the db-port option specified on the backup server would not be properly passed to the remote unless it was from the first configured database. (Reported by Michael Vitale.)

Features:

* Added the --checksum-page option to allow pgBackRest to validate page checksums in data files when checksums are enabled on PostgreSQL >= 9.3. Note that this functionality requires a C library which may not initially be available in OS packages. The option will automatically be enabled when the library is present and checksums are enabled on the cluster. (Suggested by Stephen Frost.)
* Added the --repo-link option to allow internal symlinks to be suppressed when the repository is located on a filesystem that does not support symlinks. This does not affect any pgBackRest functionality, but the convenience link latest will not be created and neither will internal tablespace symlinks, which will affect the ability to bring up clusters in-place manually using filesystem snapshots.
* Added the --repo-sync option to allow directory syncs in the repository to be disabled for file systems that do not support them, e.g. NTFS.
* Added a predictable log entry to signal that a command has completed successfully. For example a backup ends successfully with: INFO: backup command end: completed successfully. (Suggested by Jens Wilke.)

Refactoring:

* Abstracted code to determine which database cluster is the master and which are standbys. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Improved consistency and flexibility of the protocol layer by using JSON for all messages.
* File copy protocol now accepts a function that can do additional processing on the copy buffers and return a result to the calling process.
* Improved IO->bufferRead to always return requested number of bytes until EOF.
* For simplicity, the pg_control file is now copied with the rest of the files instead of by itself of at the end of the process. The backup command does not require this behavior and the restore copies to a temporary file which is renamed at the end of the restore.
* Simplified the result hash of File->manifest(), Db->tablespaceMapGet(), and Db->databaseMapGet().
* Improved errors returned from child processes by removing redundant error level and code.
* Code cleanup in preparation for improved stanza-create command. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Improved parameter/result logging in debug/trace functions.
2016-12-12 19:18:27 -05:00
David Steele
36a5349b1c Added the --checksum-page option.
This option allows pgBackRest to validate page checksums in data files when checksums are enabled on PostgreSQL >= 9.3. Note that this functionality requires a C library which may not initially be available in OS packages. The option will automatically be enabled when the library is present and checksums are enabled on the cluster.
2016-12-12 18:54:07 -05:00
David Steele
6dd0829033 File copy protocol now accepts a function that can do additional processing on the copy buffers and return a result to the calling process. 2016-12-12 18:47:17 -05:00
David Steele
b4884e5a0b Fixed an issue where the db-port option specified on the backup server would not be properly passed to the remote unless it was from the first configured database.
Reported by Michael Vitale.
2016-12-10 14:05:28 -05:00
David Steele
1a5fa920e6 Improved parameter/result logging in debug/trace functions. 2016-12-10 09:15:20 -05:00
David Steele
e61ef6ebce Add more realistic data files to synthetic backup and restore tests. 2016-12-10 09:13:55 -05:00
David Steele
eff7b46eb1 Various improvements to validation of backup and restore. 2016-12-10 09:11:12 -05:00
David Steele
f818901c0e Added the --repo-sync option to allow directory syncs in the repository to be disabled.
This is for file systems that do not support them, e.g. NTFS
2016-12-10 09:06:45 -05:00
David Steele
36378c47bd Added Retention to QuickStart section. 2016-12-04 18:11:23 -05:00
David Steele
896984848b Improved errors returned from child processes by removing redundant error level and code. 2016-12-04 17:51:00 -05:00
David Steele
817592837c Added a predictable log entry to signal that a command has completed successfully.
For example a backup ends successfully with: INFO: backup command end: completed successfully.
2016-12-04 14:44:53 -05:00
David Steele
f823a25ac2 Fixed an issue where options that were invalid for the specified command could be provided on the command-line without generating an error.
* The options were ignored and did not cause any change in behavior, but it did lead to some confusion. Invalid options will now generate an error.
* Removed erroneous --no-config option in help test module.
* Changed the --no-fork test option to --fork with negation to match all other boolean parameters.
2016-12-04 09:25:40 -05:00
David Steele
d18cd7ad0f Fixed an issue that prevented errors from being output to the console before the logging system was initialized.
That is, while parsing options. Error codes were still being returned accurately so this would not have made a process look like it succeeded when it did not.
2016-12-03 18:01:17 -05:00
David Steele
2e01e6b9e1 Improved consistency and flexibility of the protocol layer by using JSON for all messages. 2016-12-03 17:34:51 -05:00
Cynthia Shang
b7f1738200 Code cleanup in preparation for improved stanza-create command.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-12-03 10:28:08 -05:00
David Steele
005fc08795 Added the --repo-link option.
Allow internal symlinks to be suppressed when the repository is located on a filesystem that does not support symlinks. This does not affect any pgBackRest functionality, but the convenience link latest will not be created and neither will internal tablespace symlinks, which will affect the ability to bring up clusters in-place manually using filesystem snapshots.
2016-12-03 10:23:26 -05:00
David Steele
6ae4d7de81 Fixed a bug where internal symlinks were not being created for tablespaces in the repository.
This issue was only apparent when trying to bring up clusters in-place with filesystem snapshots and did not affect normal backup and restore.
2016-12-03 09:56:05 -05:00
Cynthia Shang
22cd29771f Update control and wal test files to 9.4 with matching system identifiers.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-12-01 09:33:14 -05:00
David Steele
a850335015 Simplified the result hash of File->manifest(), Db->tablespaceMapGet(), and Db->databaseMapGet(). 2016-11-30 14:36:39 -05:00
David Steele
09df07efb7 For simplicity, the pg_control file is now copied with the rest of the files instead of by itself of at the end of the process.
The backup command does not require this behavior and the restore copies to a temporary file which is renamed at the end of the restore.
2016-11-30 14:23:05 -05:00
David Steele
4e9f8da9a6 Improved IO->bufferRead to always return requested number of bytes until EOF. 2016-11-30 14:18:12 -05:00
Cynthia Shang
e951c4f9c2 Abstracted code to determine which database cluster is the master and which are standbys.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-11-30 14:15:11 -05:00
David Steele
d101e9c84e Improved exception handling in file unit tests. 2016-11-30 14:03:58 -05:00
David Steele
4df3eabf6d Builds in release.pl now remove all docker containers to get consistent IP address assignments. 2016-11-22 17:31:27 -05:00
David Steele
dbd16d25b9 Fixed regression in section links introduced in v1.10.
This was introduced in an effort to make the html output XHTML 1.0 STRICT compliant because the standard does not allow / characters in anchors.

However, the / characters were changed to . in the anchors but not in the links.  For now revert the anchors to / so further though can be given to this issue.
2016-11-22 17:29:24 -05:00
David Steele
c9b49b0d7e Doc engine improvements.
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed and issue that suppressed exceptions in PDF builds.

Features:

* Allow a source to be included as a section so large documents can be broken up.
* Added section link support to Markdown output.
* Added list support to PDF output.
* Added include option to explicitly build sources (complements the exclude option though both cannot be used in the same invocation).
* Added keyword-add option to add keywords without overriding the default keyword.
* Added debug option to doc.pl to easily add the debug keyword to documentation builds.
* Added pre option to doc.pl to easily add the pre keyword to documentation builds.

Refactoring:

* Improvements to markdown rendering.
* Remove code dependency on project variable, instead use title param.
2016-11-17 16:35:11 -05:00
David Steele
54b1a784b5 v1.11: Bug Fix for Asynchronous Archiving Efficiency
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where asynchronous archiving was transferring one file per execution instead of transferring files in batches. This regression was introduced in v1.09 and affected efficiency only, all WAL segments were correctly archived in asynchronous mode. (Reported by Stephen Frost.)
2016-11-17 09:57:59 -05:00
David Steele
dbb9d80dab Fixed an issue where asynchronous archiving was transferring one file per execution instead of transferring files in batches.
This regression was introduced in v1.09 and affected efficiency only, all WAL segments were correctly archived in asynchronous mode.

Reported by Stephen Frost.
2016-11-17 09:39:21 -05:00
David Steele
06cac30c33 v1.10: Stanza Creation and Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where a backup could error if no changes were made to a database between backups and only pg_control changed.
* Fixed an issue where tablespace paths with the same prefix would cause an invalid link error. (Reported by Nikhilchandra Kulkarni.)

Features:

* Added the stanza-create command to formalize creation of stanzas in the repository. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang.)

Refactoring:

* Removed extraneous use lib directives from Perl modules. (Suggested by Devrim Gündüz.)
2016-11-08 10:47:47 +00:00
David Steele
9d9c438f59 Doc engine improvements.
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed missing variable replacements.
* Removed hard-coded host names from configuration file paths.

Documentation Features:

* Allow command-line length to be configured using cmd-line-len param.
* Added compact param to allow CSS to be embedded in HTML file.
* Added pretty param to produce HTML with proper indenting.
* Only generate HTML menu when required and don't require index page.
* Assign numbers to sections by default.
* VM mount points are now optional.
2016-11-07 17:06:35 +02:00
David Steele
dd621081b9 Fixed an issue where tablespace paths with the same prefix would cause an invalid link error.
Reported by Nikhilchandra Kulkarni.
2016-11-07 16:37:16 +02:00
David Steele
21ca412702 Fixed an issue where a backup could error if no changes were made to a database between backups and only pg_control changed. 2016-11-05 19:22:30 +02:00
David Steele
f43e5bc52d Removed extraneous use lib directives from Perl modules.
Suggested by Devrim Gündüz.
2016-11-04 13:56:26 +02:00
Cynthia Shang
8d1880ca4a Added the stanza-create command to formalize creation of stanzas in the repository.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-10-14 12:21:47 +01:00
David Steele
1e0ca3056a v1.09: 9.6 Support, Configurability, and Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed the check command to prevent an error message from being logged if the backup directory does not exist. (Fixed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Fixed error message to properly display the archive command when an invalid archive command is detected. (Reported by Jason O'Donnell.)
* Fixed an issue where the async archiver would not be started if archive-push did not have enough space to queue a new WAL segment. This meant that the queue would never be cleared without manual intervention (such as calling archive-push directly). PostgreSQL now receives errors when there is not enough space to store new WAL segments but the async process will still be started so that space is eventually freed. (Reported by Jens Wilke.)
* Fixed a remote timeout that occurred when a local process generated checksums (during resume or restore) but did not copy files, allowing the remote to go idle. (Reported by Jens Wilke.)

Features:

* Non-exclusive backups will automatically be used on PostgreSQL 9.6.
* Added the cmd-ssh option to allow the ssh client to be specified. (Suggested by Jens Wilke.)
* Added the log-level-stderr option to control whether console log messages are sent to stderr or stdout. By default this is set to warn which represents a change in behavior from previous versions, even though it may be more intuitive. Setting log-level-stderr=off will preserve the old behavior. (Suggested by Sascha Biberhofer.)
* Set application_name to "pgBackRest [command]" for database connections. (Suggested by Jens Wilke.)
* Check that archive_mode is enabled when archive-check option enabled.

Refactoring:

* Clarified error message when unable to acquire pgBackRest advisory lock to make it clear that it is not a PostgreSQL backup lock. (Suggested by Jens Wilke.)
* pgBackRest version number included in command start INFO log output.
* Process ID logged for local process start/stop INFO log output.
2016-10-10 17:35:58 -04:00
David Steele
49a5e8a3f5 Fixed a remote timeout.
The timeout occurred when a local process generated checksums (during resume or restore) but did not copy files, allowing the remote to go idle.

Reported by Jens Wilke.
2016-10-07 08:51:10 -04:00
David Steele
41669a826e Added --dev option to doc.pl to easily add dev keyword to documentation builds. 2016-10-05 21:22:42 -04:00
David Steele
16d0e767ef Set application_name to "pgBackRest [command]" for database connections.
Suggested by Jens Wilke.
2016-10-05 21:15:10 -04:00
David Steele
0a4099fff8 Clarified error message when unable to acquire pgBackRest advisory lock to make it clear that it is not a PostgreSQL backup lock.
Suggested by Jens Wilke.
2016-10-05 21:13:29 -04:00
David Steele
5dc801d59d Fixed an issue where the async archiver would not be started if archive-push did not have enough space to queue a new WAL segment.
This meant that the queue would never be cleared without manual intervention (such as calling archive-push directly). PostgreSQL now receives errors when there is not enough space to store new WAL segments but the async process will still be started so that space is eventually freed.

Reported by Jens Wilke.
2016-10-05 09:47:34 -04:00
David Steele
2a18674111 Added the log-level-stderr option.
Controls whether console log messages are sent to stderr or stdout. By default this is set to warn which represents a change in behavior from previous versions, even though it may be more intuitive. Setting log-level-stderr=off will preserve the old behavior.

Suggested by Sascha Biberhofer.
2016-10-05 09:09:30 -04:00
David Steele
d81198e65e Added the cmd-ssh to allow the ssh client to be specified.
Suggested by Jens Wilke.
2016-10-05 08:55:54 -04:00
David Steele
6f34fbc695 Vagrant build improvements:
* Miminize TeXLive package list to save time during VM builds.
* General cleanup and added timestamps.
* Pin to specific box version.
2016-10-03 09:15:29 -04:00
David Steele
1491862716 Regression tests can now be run as any properly-configured user, not just vagrant. 2016-10-01 13:39:44 -04:00
David Steele
198e498b41 Non-exclusive backups will automatically be used on PostgreSQL 9.6.
This feature carries over from 1.08 but has now been tested with the official 9.6 release.
2016-09-29 19:09:19 -04:00
David Steele
156859c5d5 Update CentOS/Debian package definitions. 2016-09-29 19:07:46 -04:00
David Steele
3e4ca153ce Fixed broken vm-max option in test.pl. 2016-09-29 18:26:32 -04:00
David Steele
5d033d028c Archive validation improvements:
* Fixed error message to properly display the archive command when an invalid archive command is detected.
* Check that archive_mode is enabled when archive-check option enabled.
2016-09-28 19:45:33 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
48f968b344 Added archive-timeout option documentation to the user guide.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-09-28 12:29:29 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
76673a8e62 Fixed the check command to prevent an error message from being logged if the backup directory does not exist.
Fixed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-09-27 18:01:38 -04:00
David Steele
25f40f9b15 Log improvements:
* pgBackRest version number included in command start INFO log output.
* Process ID logged for local process start/stop INFO log output.
* Fixed missing expect output for help module.
2016-09-17 11:53:28 -04:00
David Steele
d98df8c8cf v1.08: Bug Fixes and Log Improvements
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where local processes were not disconnecting when complete and could later timeout. (Reported by Todd Vernick.)
* Fixed an issue where the protocol layer could timeout while waiting for WAL segments to arrive in the archive. (Reported by Todd Vernick.)

Refactoring:

* Cache file log output until the file is created to create a more complete log.
2016-09-14 17:36:43 -05:00
David Steele
69c6afb1df Cache file log output until the file is created to create a more complete log. 2016-09-14 16:40:13 -05:00
David Steele
f54145c0cc Fixed timeout issues.
* Fixed an issue where local processes were not disconnecting when complete and could later timeout. (Reported by Todd Vernick.)
* Fixed an issue where the protocol layer could timeout while waiting for WAL segments to arrive in the archive. (Reported by Todd Vernick.)
2016-09-14 16:37:07 -05:00
David Steele
e08b56a4e3 Show Process ID in log output instead of filtering it out with the timestamp. 2016-09-14 16:30:57 -05:00
John K. Harvey
f253a4d85c Suppress "dpkg-reconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: No file or directory" warning in Vagrant VM build.
Contributed by John Harvey.
2016-09-08 17:29:26 -04:00
David Steele
a8590c9ade v1.07: Thread to Process Conversion and Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where tablespaces were copied from the master during standby backup.
* Fixed the check command so backup info is checked remotely and not just locally. (Fixed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Fixed an issue where retention-archive was not automatically being set when retention-archive-type=diff, resulting in a less aggressive than intended expiration of archive. (Fixed by Cynthia Shang.)

Features:

* Converted Perl threads to processes to improve compatibility and performance.
* Exclude contents of $PGDATA/pg_replslot directory so that replication slots on the master do not become part of the backup.
* The archive-start and archive-stop settings are now filled in backup.manifest even when archive-check=n.
* Additional warnings when archive retention settings may not have the intended effect or would allow indefinite retention. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Experimental support for non-exclusive backups in PostgreSQL 9.6 rc1. Changes to the control/catalog/WAL versions in subsequent release candidates may break compatibility but pgBackRest will be updated with each release to keep pace.

Refactoring:

* Refactor of protocol minions in preparation for the new local minion.
* Remove obsolete thread index variable from File() module.
* Changed temporary file names to consistently use the .pgbackrest.tmp extension even if the destination file is compressed or has an appended checksum.
* Improve ASSERT error handling, safely check eval blocks, and convert $@ to $EVAL_ERROR.
2016-09-07 08:29:21 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
d2add293c7 Archive retention improvements:
* Fixed an issue where retention-archive was not automatically being set when retention-archive-type=diff, resulting in a less aggressive than intended expiration of archive.
* Additional warnings when archive retention settings may not have the intended effect or would allow indefinite retention.
* Closed #235: "Retention policy question" by adding documentation for archive retention.

Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-09-07 08:07:37 -04:00
David Steele
0d5a1eaf9e The archive-start and archive-stop settings are now filled in backup.manifest. 2016-09-07 07:20:07 -04:00
David Steele
cc9c8819ee Make uid/gid selection for containers dynamic. 2016-09-06 14:01:39 -04:00
David Steele
dd8d781217 Safely check eval blocks and convert $@ to $EVAL_ERROR. 2016-09-06 09:44:50 -04:00
David Steele
a701309453 Converted Perl threads to processes. 2016-09-06 09:35:02 -04:00
David Steele
4026ad649d Refactor of protocol minions in preparation for the new local minion. 2016-09-06 09:15:22 -04:00
David Steele
f71073c11f Improved temp file handling for archiving. 2016-09-04 19:29:30 -04:00
David Steele
56ee666e69 Suppress TOC for unsupported versions of pgBackRest.
The intent is to tidy the releases page and nobody should care much about the old, unsupported releases,
2016-09-04 09:27:56 -04:00
David Steele
8f61473955 Improve ASSERT error handling. 2016-09-04 09:25:20 -04:00
David Steele
f986e6ae33 File module improvements.
* Remove obsolete thread index variable from File() module.
* Changed temporary file names to consistently use .pgbackrest.tmp.
2016-09-04 09:22:53 -04:00
David Steele
bcdb5cdac8 Fixed a issue where tablespaces were copied from the master during standby backup. 2016-09-04 09:19:44 -04:00
David Steele
2feaaf225e Exclude contents of $PGDATA/pg_replslot directory. 2016-09-04 09:13:13 -04:00
David Steele
316da4421e Experimental support for non-exclusive backups in PostgreSQL 9.6 rc1. 2016-09-03 18:34:38 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
634f5c6829 Closed #250: Fixed the check command so backup info is checked remotely and not just locally.
Fixed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-08-29 14:09:37 -04:00
David Steele
f6c24039e1 Fixed minor documentation reproducibility issues related to binary paths. 2016-08-29 09:43:22 -04:00
David Steele
be77136eae v1.06: Backup from Standby and Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where a tablespace link that referenced another link would not produce an error, but instead skip the tablespace entirely. (Reported by Michael Vitale.)
* Fixed an issue where options that should not allow multiple values could be specified multiple times in pgbackrest.conf without an error being raised. (Reported by Michael Vitale.)
* Fixed an issue where the protocol-timeout option was not automatically increased when the db-timeout option was increased. (Reported by Todd Vernick.)

Features:

* Backup from a standby cluster. A connection to the primary cluster is still required to start/stop the backup and copy files that are not replicated, but the vast majority of files are copied from the standby in order to reduce load on the master.
* More flexible configuration for databases. Master and standby can both be configured on the backup server and pgBackRest will automatically determine which is the master. This means no configuration changes for backup are required after failing over from a master to standby when a separate backup server is used.
* Exclude directories during backup that are cleaned, recreated, or zeroed by PostgreSQL at startup. These include pgsql_tmp and pg_stat_tmp. The postgresql.auto.conf.tmp file is now excluded in addition to files that were already excluded: backup_label.old, postmaster.opts, postmaster.pid, recovery.conf, recovery.done.
* Experimental support for non-exclusive backups in PostgreSQL 9.6 beta4. Changes to the control/catalog/WAL versions in subsequent betas may break compatibility but pgBackRest will be updated with each release to keep pace.

Refactoring:

* Simplify protocol creation and identifying which host is local/remote.
* Removed all OP_* function constants that were used only for debugging, not in the protocol, and replaced with __PACKAGE__.
* Improvements in Db module: separated out connect() function, allow executeSql() calls that do not return data, and improve error handling.
* Improve error message for links that reference links in manifest build.
* Added hints to error message when relative paths are detected in archive-push or archive-get.
* Improve backup log messages to indicate which host the files are being copied from.
2016-08-25 11:49:09 -04:00
David Steele
c9bdf6a9ae Fixed timeout issue.
The protocol-timeout option was not automatically increased when the db-timeout option was increased.

Reported by Todd Vernick.
2016-08-25 11:27:00 -04:00
David Steele
5ada189a92 Backup from a standby cluster.
A connection to the primary cluster is still required to start/stop the backup and copy files that are not replicated, but the vast majority of files are copied from the standby in order to reduce load on the master.
2016-08-25 11:25:46 -04:00
David Steele
ecf827579e Improve host tag rendering. 2016-08-25 10:04:46 -04:00
David Steele
d0b6f78b20 More flexible configuration for databases
Master and standby can both be configured on the backup server and pgBackRest will automatically determine which is the master. This means no configuration changes for backup are required after failing over from a master to standby when a separate backup server is used.
2016-08-24 12:39:27 -04:00
David Steele
cd6278e5af Revert some backup exclusions until they have been tested more thoroughly. 2016-08-24 12:27:48 -04:00
David Steele
9c13ca1d09 mprove backup log messages to indicated which host the files are being copied from. 2016-08-24 12:01:08 -04:00
David Steele
f1412baccf Exclude directories during backup that are cleaned, recreated, or zeroed by PostgreSQL at startup.
These include (depending on the version where they were introduced): pgsql_tmp, pg_dynshmem, pg_notify, pg_replslot, pg_serial, pg_snapshots, pg_stat_tmp, pg_subtrans. The postgresql.auto.conf.tmp file is now excluded in addition to files that were already excluded: backup_label.old, postmaster.opts, postmaster.pid, recovery.conf, recovery.done.
2016-08-16 09:35:16 -04:00
David Steele
332055971e Added hints to error message when relative paths are detected in archive-push or archive-get. 2016-08-15 20:54:17 -04:00
David Steele
b25f10949a Fixed #229: Check fails on target db host.
Options that should not allow multiple values could be specified multiple times in pgbackrest.conf without an error being raised.
2016-08-15 20:15:17 -04:00
David Steele
88d9bd3d37 Improvements in Db module.
* Separated out connect() function.
* Allow executeSql() calls that do not return data.
* Improve error handling.
2016-08-15 17:44:51 -04:00
David Steele
1e0f15f425 Improve error message for links that reference links in manifest build. 2016-08-15 17:23:37 -04:00
David Steele
f9fa1270b2 Fixed #236: Recursive user tablespace symlink.
A tablespace link that referenced another link would not produce an error, but instead skip the tablespace entirely.
2016-08-15 17:11:45 -04:00
David Steele
35931305d7 Update control version for PostgreSQL beta4. 2016-08-15 16:48:24 -04:00
David Steele
17b79d6279 Database version refactoring.
* Refactor db version constants into a separate module.
* Update synthetic backup tests to PostgreSQL 9.4.
2016-08-11 22:35:24 -04:00
David Steele
bff262ac47 Removed all OP_* function constants that were used only for debugging, not in the protocol, and replaced with __PACKAGE__. 2016-08-11 17:32:28 -04:00
David Steele
9f19e13095 v1.05: Bug Fix for Tablespace Link Checking
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where tablespace paths that had $PGDATA as a substring would be identified as a subdirectories of $PGDATA even when they were not. Also hardened relative path checking a bit. (Reported by Chris Fort.)
2016-08-09 10:06:21 -04:00
David Steele
34afe5e85b Fixed issue with tablespace link checking.
* Tablespace paths that had $PGDATA as a substring would be identified as a subdirectories of $PGDATA even when they were not.
* Also hardened relative path checking a bit.
2016-08-09 09:05:27 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
af790be34f Added documentation for scheduling backups with cron.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-08-02 12:55:09 -04:00
David Steele
730262678a Improved rendering of spaces in code blocks. 2016-08-02 12:49:39 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
f0c9728921 Moved the backlog from the pgBackRest website to the GitHub repository wiki.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-08-02 11:38:12 -04:00
David Steele
277934447b v1.04: Various Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue an where an extraneous remote was created causing threaded backup/restore to possibly timeout and/or throw a lock conflict. (Reported by Michael Vitale.)
* Fixed an issue where db-path was not required for the check command so an assert was raised when it was missing rather than a polite error message. (Reported by Michael Vitale.)
* Fixed check command to throw an error when database version/id does not match that of the archive. (Fixed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Fixed an issue where a remote could try to start its own remote when the backup-host option was not present in pgbackrest.conf on the database server. (Reported by Lardière Sébastien.)
* Fixed an issue where the contents of pg_xlog were being backed up if the directory was symlinked. This didn't cause any issues during restore but was a waste of space.
* Fixed an invalid log() call in lock routines.

Features:

* Experimental support for non-exclusive backups in PostgreSQL 9.6 beta3. Changes to the control/catalog/WAL versions in subsequent betas may break compatibility but pgBackRest will be updated with each release to keep pace.

Refactoring:

* Enhancements to the protocol layer for improved reliability and error handling.
* All remote types now take locks. The exceptions date to when the test harness and pgBackRest were running in the same VM and no longer apply.
* Exceptions are now passed back from threads as messages when possible rather than raised directly.
* Temp files created during backup are now placed in the same directory as the target file.
* Output lock file name when a lock cannot be acquired to aid in debugging.
* Reduce calls to protocolGet() in backup/restore.
* Suppress banners on SSH protocol connections.
* Improved remote error messages to identify the host where the error was raised.
2016-07-30 09:42:35 -04:00
David Steele
f2b3dda647 Fixed an issue where a remote could try to start its own remote.
This is a better approach than 93320b8 (reverted in this commit) because it ensures that the remote type will be none so any functions that utilize optionRemoteTypeTest will work correctly.

This bug was only an issue when backup-host was not properly configured on the database host.
2016-07-30 08:49:26 -04:00
David Steele
94a4cb4123 Disable control master for older OS versions where it is less stable. 2016-07-30 08:43:38 -04:00
David Steele
1b6b26956a Reduce the frequency that certain tests are run to save time in regression. 2016-07-29 18:46:19 -04:00
David Steele
ac23716d26 Enhancements to the protocol layer for improved reliability and error handling. 2016-07-29 18:46:19 -04:00
David Steele
b447863218 Exceptions are now passed back from threads as messages when possible rather than raised directly. 2016-07-29 18:46:19 -04:00
David Steele
93320b865e Fixed a issue where a remote could try to start its own remote. 2016-07-29 18:45:37 -04:00
David Steele
af5965a6ef Fixed an invalid log call in lock routines. 2016-07-29 18:45:23 -04:00
David Steele
a3b8808f94 Fixed an issue where the contents of pg_xlog were being copied if the directory was symlinked. 2016-07-29 18:44:53 -04:00
David Steele
ef33febfb7 Temp files created during backup are now placed in the same directory as the target file. 2016-07-29 18:43:59 -04:00
David Steele
95bbc8ad54 Fixed an issue where multi-threaded tests were not being run when requested. 2016-07-29 18:02:16 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
6e9d5f5bd3 Fixed check command to throw an error when database version/id does not match that of the archive.
Fixed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-07-29 14:02:11 -04:00
David Steele
f95d4af64a Closed #220: Installation documentation misinformation.
Updated information about package availability on supported platforms.
2016-07-26 18:50:58 -04:00
David Steele
ee80b7b255 Added clarification on why the default for the backrest-user option is backrest. 2016-07-26 18:30:25 -04:00
David Steele
1844756990 Closed #209: Don't use "localtime" for HTML-docs.
HTML footer dates are statically created in English in order to be reproducible.
2016-07-26 17:40:42 -04:00
David Steele
273d1c08d8 Improved remote error messages to identify the host where the error was raised. 2016-07-26 16:57:38 -04:00
David Steele
bc5c04ffe7 Updated control/catalog/WAL versions for 9.6 beta3. 2016-07-26 16:39:01 -04:00
David Steele
b6ac6b0f1c Suppress banners on SSH protocol connections. 2016-07-26 16:28:43 -04:00
David Steele
f31ec20fcb Reduce calls to protocolGet() in backup/restore. 2016-07-26 16:21:14 -04:00
David Steele
98a67792ec Output lock file name when a lock cannot be acquired to aid in debugging. 2016-07-26 16:14:15 -04:00
David Steele
d96b1a0dbc All remote types now take locks.
The exceptions date to when the test harness and pgBackRest were running in the same VM and no longer apply.
2016-07-26 16:12:38 -04:00
David Steele
095351f145 Fixed #219: Unable to acquire restore lock.
Fixed an issue an where an extraneous remote was created causing threaded backup/restore to possibly timeout and/or throw a lock conflict.
2016-07-26 16:08:05 -04:00
David Steele
5893c3cd2e Fixed an issue where db-path was not required for the check command so an assert was thrown when it was missing rather than a polite error message.
Reported by Michael Vitale.
2016-07-19 15:26:41 -04:00
David Steele
9ae6c01432 Fixed a version checking issue in test.pl. 2016-07-19 15:22:20 -04:00
David Steele
6e52808065 Added release.pl to make releases reproducible. 2016-07-02 11:08:25 -04:00
David Steele
1b62354dcb v1.03: Check Command and Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes:

* Fixed an issue where keep-alives could be starved out by lots of small files during multi-threaded backup. They were also completely absent from single/multi-threaded backup resume and restore checksumming. (Reported by Janice Parkinson, Chris Barber.)
* Fixed an issue where the expire command would refuse to run when explicitly called from the command line if the db-host option was set. This was not an issue when expire was run automatically after a backup (Reported by Chris Barber.)
* Fixed an issue where validation was being running on archive_command even when the archive-check option was disabled.

Features:

* Added check command to validate that pgBackRest is configured correctly for archiving and backups. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang.)
* Added the protocol-timeout option. Previously protocol-timeout was set as db-timeout + 30 seconds.
* Failure to shutdown remotes at the end of the backup no longer throws an exception. Instead a warning is generated that recommends a higher protocol-timeout.
* Experimental support for non-exclusive backups in PostgreSQL 9.6 beta2. Changes to the control/catalog/WAL versions in subsequent betas may break compatibility but pgBackRest will be updated with each release to keep pace.

Refactoring:

* The pg_xlogfile_name() function is no longer used to construct WAL filenames from LSNs. While this function is convenient it is not available on a standby. Instead, the archive is searched for the LSN in order to find the timeline. If due to some misadventure the LSN appears on multiple timelines then an error will be thrown, whereas before this condition would have passed unnoticed.
* Option handling is now far more strict. Previously it was possible for a command to use an option that was not explicitly assigned to it. This was especially true for the backup-host and db-host options which are used to determine locality.
* Improved handling of users/groups captured during backup that do not exist on the restore host. Also explicitly handle the case where user/group is not mapped to a name.
* Changed version variable to a constant. It had originally been designed to play nice with a specific packaging tool but that tool was never used.
2016-07-02 10:22:52 -04:00
David Steele
186ca18659 Update WAL/catalog versions for 9.5 beta 2. 2016-07-02 09:19:10 -04:00
David Steele
418039027b Closed #213: Archive command should not be validate when archive-check=n 2016-07-02 09:02:55 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
9f9396943f Added documentation for asynchronous archiving.
Also removed some obsolete sections.

Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-06-30 19:38:28 -04:00
David Steele
304d890f6c Release note edits. 2016-06-27 23:07:47 -04:00
David Steele
9516db4ad6 Closed #209: Dont' use "localtime" for HTML-docs.
The release-date-static var has been added to allow the html footer to use the last release date instead of localtime().
2016-06-27 20:37:25 -04:00
David Steele
cc2a8777d5 User/group permissions improvements.
Improved handling of users/groups captured during backup that do not exist on the restore host. Also explicitly handle the case where user/group is not mapped to a name.
2016-06-26 21:01:20 -04:00
David Steele
b571218930 Minor refactor of version variable to a constant.
It had originally been designed to play nice with a specific packaging tool but that tool was never used.
2016-06-26 20:53:45 -04:00
David Steele
6ee485cc76 Added more keep-alives.
Keep-alives were also missing from multi-threaded backup/restore and single-threaded restore.

Found by Chris Barber.
2016-06-24 13:16:07 -04:00
David Steele
bd25223fd6 Rename test paths for clarity.
This was worked out as part of the test suite refactor [c8f806a] but not committed with it because of the large number of expect logs changes involved.  Keeping them separate made it easier to audit the changes in the refactor.
2016-06-24 10:54:31 -04:00
David Steele
c8f806a293 Major refactor of the test suite.
* Make the code more modular and object-oriented.
* Multiple Docker containers can now be created for a single test to simulate more realistic environments.
2016-06-24 08:12:58 -04:00
David Steele
23a3911830 Stop using pg_xlogfile_name().
The pg_xlogfile_name() function is no longer used to construct WAL filenames from LSNs. While this function is convenient it is not available on a standby. Instead, the archive is searched for the LSN in order to find the timeline. If due to some misadventure the LSN appears on multiple timelines then an error will be thrown, whereas before this condition would have passed unnoticed.
2016-06-24 08:06:20 -04:00
David Steele
41b27c0456 Protocol timeout option and keep-alive fixes.
* Fixed an issue where keep-alives could be starved out by lots of small files during multi-threaded operation and were completely absent during single-threaded operation when resuming from a previous incomplete backup.

Reported by Janice Parkinson.

* Added the protocol-timeout option. Previously protocol-timeout was set as db-timeout + 30 seconds.
* Failure to shutdown remotes at the end of the backup no longer throws an exception. A warning is still generated that recommends a higher protocol-timeout.
2016-06-22 18:01:18 -04:00
David Steele
4cff5bb0e6 Fixed pgBackRest config sections being blank in the output when not loaded from cache. 2016-06-18 10:59:45 -04:00
David Steele
012405a33b Closed #207: Expire fails with unhandled exception.
* Fixed an issue where the expire command would refuse to run when explicitly called from the command line if the db-host option was set.  This was not an issue when expire was run after a backup, which is the usual case.
* Option handling is now far more strict. Previously it was possible for a command to use an option that was not explicitly assigned to it. This was especially true for the backup-host and db-host options which are used to determine locality.

Reported by Chris Barber.
2016-06-18 09:55:00 -04:00
David Steele
e988b96ece Fixed issue in doc info output with --require.
Section names were being repeated in the info output when multiple --require options depended on the same sections.
2016-06-18 09:22:26 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
7e45ed8366 Added check command.
The check command validates that pgBackRest is configured correctly for archiving and backups.

Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
2016-06-12 09:13:46 -04:00
David Steele
7c9eaf7210 Add cmd-description tag.
Allow command summaries to be inserted anywhere in the documentation to avoid duplication.
2016-06-12 09:01:56 -04:00
David Steele
f1e92804ce Docker container improvements.
* Containers now use a squid proxy for apt/yum to speed builds.
* Obsolete containers are removed by the <br-option>--vm-force</br-option> option.
* Greatly reduced the quantity of Docker containers built by default. Containers are only built for PostgreSQL versions specified in db-minimal and those required to build documentation. Additional containers can be built with --db-version=all or by specifying a version, e.g. --db-version=9.4.
2016-06-12 09:00:16 -04:00
David Steele
3d761b726a Update TeX Live to 2016 version. 2016-06-10 21:22:36 -04:00
David Steele
3f7ca876c2 PostgreSQL version is now a variable to allow multi-version documentation. 2016-06-04 12:24:31 -04:00
David Steele
bfed78ef42 New, consolidated implementation for link rendering. 2016-06-04 12:04:09 -04:00
David Steele
1ddfb1e453 Fixed pgBackRest-specific xml that was loaded for non-pgBackRest projects. 2016-06-04 11:40:33 -04:00
David Steele
8ddfab0cbc Fixed DTD search path.
The search path that did not work properly when --doc-path was used.
2016-06-04 11:38:23 -04:00
David Steele
e796f563c4 Add cmd-extra field.
Allow hidden options to be added to a command. This allows certain commands (like apt-get) to be forced during the build without making that a part of the documentation.
2016-06-03 20:07:28 -04:00
David Steele
36cf0b18f5 Update installation documentation.
* Recommended install location for pgBackRest modules is now /usr/share/perl5 since /usr/lib/perl5 has been removed from the search path in newer versions of Perl.

* Added instructions for removing prior versions of pgBackRest.
2016-06-03 18:59:12 -04:00
David Steele
bfaee7380d v1.02: Bug Fix for Perl 5.22
* Fix usage of sprintf() due to new constraints in Perl 5.22. Parameters not referenced in the format string are no longer allowed. (Fixed by Adrian Vondendriesch.)
2016-06-02 11:10:24 -04:00
David Steele
eaa981c5aa Added execution cache for document generation.
Added an execution cache so that documentation can be generated without setting up the full container environment. This is useful for packaging, keeps the documentation consistent for a release, and speeds up generation when no changes are made in the execution list.
2016-06-02 09:32:56 -04:00
David Steele
df6086bd24 Added a man page to document generation. 2016-06-02 09:25:12 -04:00
David Steele
174b16165b Replaced overzealous perl -cW check.
It failed on Perl 5.22 so replaced with with perl -cw.
2016-05-26 16:57:35 -04:00
David Steele
379ab1b353 Improve log directory/file creation.
Log directory create and file open now using FileCommon functions which produce more detailed error messages on failure.
2016-05-26 15:04:18 -04:00
David Steele
e4e885d602 Add notes for Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade. 2016-05-26 14:22:26 -04:00
David Steele
cf344c144f Fixed absolute paths that were used for the PDF logo. 2016-05-26 14:17:50 -04:00
Adrian Vondendriesch
b19143b6ea Fixed syntax in doc code that was not compatible with Perl 5.2X. 2016-05-26 14:07:29 -04:00
Adrian Vondendriesch
3d437d9278 Fix usage of sprintf() for Perl 5.22.
Parameters not referenced in the format string are no longer allowed.
2016-05-26 11:23:52 -04:00
David Steele
c8d68bcf2d More detailed release notes.
Release notes are now broken into sections so that bugs, features, and refactors are clearly delineated.  An "Additional Notes" section has been added for changes to documentation and the test suite that do not affect the core code.
2016-05-26 10:34:10 -04:00
Cynthia Shang
5a85122841 Moved change log to website.
The change log was the last piece of documentation to be rendered in Markdown only.  Wrote a converter so the document can be output by the standard renderers.  The change log will now be located on the website and has been renamed to "Releases".
2016-05-26 09:20:55 -04:00