This is a document for PGroonga 2.X. See PGroonga 1.x document when you're using old PGroonga.

Logical replication

PGroonga supports PostgreSQL built-in logical replication since 1.2.4. It requires PostgreSQL 10 or later.

This document describes how to configure PostgreSQL built-in logical replication for PGroonga. Most of steps are normal steps. There are some PGroonga specific steps.

It doesn't have to be have same schema for source of replication and destionation of replication for logical replication.

Therefore, setting an index on only a destination of replication in here.

Summary

Here are steps to configure PostgreSQL built-in logical replication for PGroonga. "[normal]" tag means that the step is a normal step for logical replication. "[special]" tag means that the step is a PGroonga specific step.

  1. [normal] Install PostgreSQL on Publisher and Subscriber

  2. [special] Install PGroonga on Subscriber

  3. [normal] Initialize PostgreSQL database on Publisher and Subscriber

  4. [normal] Add some logical replication configurations to postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf on Publisher

  5. [normal] Create table on Publisher and Subscriber

  6. [normal] Create publication on Publisher

  7. [normal] Create subscription on Subscriber

  8. [special] Create a PGroonga index on Subscriber

  9. [normal] Insert data on Publisher

Example environment

This document uses the following environment:

This document shows command lines for CentOS 7. If you're using other platforms, adjust command lines by yourself.

[normal] Install PostgreSQL on Publisher and Subscriber

This is a normal step.

Install PostgreSQL 16 on Publisher and Subscriber.

Publisher and Subscriber:

% sudo -H yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-$(rpm -qf --queryformat="%{VERSION}" /etc/redhat-release)-$(rpm -qf --queryformat="%{ARCH}" /etc/redhat-release)/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
% sudo yum install postgresql16-server

See also PostgreSQL: Linux downloads (CentOS).

[special] Install PGroonga on Subscriber

This is a PGroonga specific step.

Install PGroonga on Subscriber.

Subscriber:

% sudo -H yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-$(rpm -qf --queryformat="%{VERSION}" /etc/redhat-release)-$(rpm -qf --queryformat="%{ARCH}" /etc/redhat-release)/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
% sudo -H yum install -y https://packages.groonga.org/centos/groonga-release-latest.noarch.rpm
% sudo -H yum install -y postgresql16-pgroonga

[normal] Initialize PostgreSQL database on Publisher and Subscriber

This is a normal step.

Initialize PostgreSQL database on Publisher and Subscriber.

Publisher and Subscriber:

% sudo /usr/pgsql-16/bin/postgresql-16-setup initdb
% sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql-16

[normal] Add some logical replication configurations to postgresql.conf on Publisher

This is a normal step.

Add the following logical replication configurations to postgresql.conf on only Publisher:

/var/lib/pgsql/16/data/postgresql.conf:

Before:

#listen_address = 'localhost'

#wal_level = minimal
#max_wal_senders = 0
#max_replication_slots = 0

After:

listen_address = '*'

wal_level = logical
max_wal_senders = 2
max_replication_slots = 1

Add the following logical replication configurations to pg_hba.conf on only Publisher:

/var/lib/pgsql/16/data/pg_hba.conf:

Before:

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 ident
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local   replication     all                                trust
host    replication     all        127.0.0.1/32            trust
host    replication     all        ::1/128                 trust

After:

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 ident
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local   replication     all                                trust
host    replication     all        127.0.0.1/32            trust
host    replication     all        ::1/128                 trust

# IPv4 remote connections:
host    all             replicator       172.16.0.2/32         md5

Restart PostgreSQL to apply the configuration:

% sudo -H systemctl restart postgresql-16

Create the user for replication on only Publisher:

% /usr/pgsql-16/bin/createuser --pwprompt replicator -U postgres
Enter password for new role: (passw0rd)
Enter it again: (passw0rd)

[normal] Create table on Publisher and Subscriber

This is a normal step.

Create a normal user on Subscriber:

Subscriber:

% /usr/pgsql-16/bin/createuser ${USER} -U postgres

Create a database on Publisher and Subscriber:

Publisher and Subscriber:

% /usr/pgsql-16/bin/createdb --owner ${USER} blog -U postgres

Create a table in the created database. Connect to the created blog database:

% /usr/pgsql-16/bin/psql blog -U ${USER}

Create entries table:

CREATE TABLE entries (
  title text,
  body text
);

[special] Create a PGroonga index on Subscriber

This is a PGroonga specific step.

Install PGroonga to the database. It requires superuser privilege:

Subscriber:

CREATE EXTENSION pgroonga;

Create a PGroonga index on Subscriber:

Subscriber:

CREATE INDEX entries_full_text_search ON entries USING pgroonga (title, body);

Create a PUBLICATION on Publisher only:

CREATE PUBLICATION pub_srv1_blog FOR TABLE entries;

Create a SUBSCRIPTION on Subscriber only:

CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sub_srv2_blog CONNECTION 'dbname=blog hostaddr=172.16.0.2 port=5432 user=replicator password=passw0rd' PUBLICATION pub_srv1_blog;

[normal] Insert data on Publisher only:

Insert data to the created entries table:

INSERT INTO entries VALUES ('PGroonga', 'PGroonga is a PostgreSQL extension for fast full text search that supports all languages. It will help us.');
INSERT INTO entries VALUES ('Groonga', 'Groonga is a full text search engine used by PGroonga. We did not know about it.');
INSERT INTO entries VALUES ('PGroonga and replication', 'PGroonga 1.1.6 supports WAL based streaming replication. We should try it!');

Confirm replication:

Publisher:

SELECT * FROM entries;
 title    |                                  body
 ---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PGroonga | PGroonga is a PostgreSQL extension for fast full text search that supports all languages. It will help us.
 Groonga  | Groonga is a full text search engine used by PGroonga. We did not know about it.
 PGroonga and replication | PGroonga 1.1.6 supports WAL based streaming replication. We should try it!
 (3 rows)

Subscriber:

SELECT * FROM entries;
 title    |                                  body
 ---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PGroonga | PGroonga is a PostgreSQL extension for fast full text search that supports all languages. It will help us.
 Groonga  | Groonga is a full text search engine used by PGroonga. We did not know about it.
 PGroonga and replication | PGroonga 1.1.6 supports WAL based streaming replication. We should try it!
 (3 rows)

Now, we can search data replicated on subscriber by PGroonga index created on subscriber.

SET enable_seqscan TO off;
SELECT * FROM entries WHERE body &@ 'Groonga';
  title  |                                       body
---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Groonga | Groonga is a full text search engine used by PGroonga. We did not know about it.
(1 row)