Installing PG Failover Slots

PG Failover Slots is supported on the same platforms as the Postgres distribution you're using. Support for PG Failover Slots starts with Postgres 11. For details, see:

• EDB Postgres Advanced Server Product Compatibility
• PostgreSQL Product Compatibility
• EDB Postgres Extended Server Product Compatibility

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process:

• Install Postgres. See:

  • Installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server

  • Installing PostgreSQL

  • Installing EDB Postgres Extended Server

• Set up the repository.

  Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you've already set up your repository, you don't need to perform this step.

  To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories, and follow the instructions provided there.

Install the package

The syntax for the package install command is:

sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-<postgres><postgres_version>-pg-failover-slots<major_version>

The syntax for the Debian package install command is:

sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-<postgres><postgres_version>-pg-failover-slots-<major_version>

Where:

• <package-manager>is the package manager used with your operating system:

  Package manager	Operating system
  dnf	RHEL 8/9 and derivatives
  yum	RHEL 7 and derivatives, CentOS 7
  zypper	SLES
  apt-get	Debian and derivatives

• <postgres> is the distribution of Postgres you're using:

  Postgres distribution	Value
  PostgreSQL	pg
  EDB Postgres Advanced Server	as
  EDB Postgres Extended	postgresextended

• <postgres_version> is the version of Postgres you're using.

• <major_version> is the major version of PG Failover Slots you're installing.

For example, to install PG Failover Slots 1.0.0 for EDB Postgres Advanced Server 15 on a RHEL 8 platform:

sudo dnf -y install edb-as15-pg-failover-slots1

To install PG Failover Slots 1.0.0 for EDB Postgres Advanced Server 15 on a Debian 11 platform:

sudo apt-get -y install edb-as15-pg-failover-slots-1