Reference

barman-receive-wal(1)

Barman Sub-Commands

NAME

barman-receive-wal - Barman Sub-Commands

SYNOPSIS

receive-wal
    [ --create-slot ]
    [ --drop-slot ]
    [ { -h | --help } ]
    [ --reset ]
    [ --stop ]
    SERVER_NAME

DESCRIPTION

Initiate the streaming of transaction logs for a server. This process uses pg_receivewal or pg_receivexlog to receive WAL files from Postgres servers via the streaming protocol.

PARAMETERS

SERVER_NAME

Name of the server in barman node.

--create-slot

Create the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name configuration parameter.

--drop-slot

Drop the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name configuration parameter.

-h / --help

Show a help message and exit. Provides information about command usage.

--reset

Reset the status of receive-wal, restarting the streaming from the current WAL file of the server.

--stop

Stop the process for the server.

AUTHOR

EnterpriseDB

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