---
name: "pg_autoctl disable monitor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pg-auto-failover-cli"
version: "2.2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pg_autoctl disable monitor"
---

# pg\_autoctl disable monitor(1)

pg\_autoctl disable monitor pg\_autoctl disable monitor - Disable the monitor for this node

## NAME

pg\_autoctl disable monitor - pg\_autoctl disable monitor

pg\_autoctl disable monitor - Disable the monitor for this node

## SYNOPSIS

It is possible to disable the pg\_auto\_failover monitor and enable it again online in a running pg\_autoctl Postgres node. The main use-cases where this operation is useful is when the monitor node has to be replaced, either after a full crash of the previous monitor node, of for migrating to a new monitor node (hardware replacement, region or zone migration, etc).

```
 usage: pg_autoctl disable monitor  [ --pgdata --force ]
--pgdata      path to data directory
--force       force unregistering from the monitor
```

## OPTIONS

- **--pgdata**

  Location of the Postgres node being managed locally. Defaults to the environment variable **PGDATA**. Use **--monitor** to connect to a monitor from anywhere, rather than the monitor URI used by a local Postgres node managed with **pg\_autoctl**.

- **--force**

  The **--force** covers the two following situations:

  - 1\.

    By default, the command expects to be able to connect to the current monitor. When the current known monitor in the setup is not running anymore, use **--force** to skip this step.

  - 2\.

    When **pg\_autoctl** could connect to the monitor and the node is found there, this is normally an error that prevents from disabling the monitor. Using **--force** allows the command to drop the node from the monitor and continue with disabling the monitor.

## ENVIRONMENT

PGDATA

Postgres directory location. Can be used instead of the **--pgdata** option.

PG\_AUTOCTL\_MONITOR

Postgres URI to connect to the monitor node, can be used instead of the **--monitor** option.

XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME

The pg\_autoctl command stores its configuration files in the standard place XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME. See the *XDG Base Directory Specification*.

XDG\_DATA\_HOME

The pg\_autoctl command stores its internal states files in the standard place XDG\_DATA\_HOME, which defaults to **~/.local/share**. See the *XDG* *Base Directory Specification*.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ pg_autoctl show state
    Name |  Node |      Host:Port |       LSN |   Connection |       Current State |      Assigned State
------+-------+----------------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+--------------------
node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 | 0/4000148 |   read-write |             primary |             primary
node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 | 0/4000148 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary
node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 | 0/4000148 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary
$ pg_autoctl disable monitor --pgdata node3
12:41:21 43039 INFO  Found node 3 "node3" (localhost:5503) on the monitor
12:41:21 43039 FATAL Use --force to remove the node from the monitor
$ pg_autoctl disable monitor --pgdata node3 --force
12:41:32 43219 INFO  Removing node 3 "node3" (localhost:5503) from monitor
$ pg_autoctl show state
 Name |  Node |      Host:Port |       LSN |   Connection |       Current State |      Assigned State
------+-------+----------------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+--------------------
node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 | 0/4000760 |   read-write |             primary |             primary
node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 | 0/4000760 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary
```

## AUTHOR

Microsoft

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.