pg_autoctl enable monitor1

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

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

The pg_autoctl command stores its configuration files in the standard place XDG_CONFIG_HOME. See the XDG Base Directory Specification.

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.

$ 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
$ pg_autoctl enable monitor --pgdata node3 'postgres://autoctl_node@localhost:5500/pg_auto_failover?sslmode=require'
12:42:07 43834 INFO  Registered node 3 (localhost:5503) with name "node3" in formation "default", group 0, state "wait_standby"
12:42:07 43834 INFO  Successfully registered to the monitor with nodeId 3
12:42:08 43834 INFO  Still waiting for the monitor to drive us to state "catchingup"
12:42:08 43834 WARN  Please make sure that the primary node is currently running `pg_autoctl run` and contacting the monitor.
$ pg_autoctl show state
 Name |  Node |      Host:Port |       LSN |   Connection |       Current State |      Assigned State
------+-------+----------------+-----------+--------------+---------------------+--------------------
node1 |     1 | localhost:5501 | 0/4000810 |   read-write |             primary |             primary
node2 |     2 | localhost:5502 | 0/4000810 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary
node3 |     3 | localhost:5503 | 0/4000810 |    read-only |           secondary |           secondary