Deleting an instance of the CDC Replication Engine for PostgreSQL

If stopping postgres server takes time, the VM or container will have to be killed forcefully which can take a considerable amount of time as

Deleting an instance of the CDC Replication Engine for PostgreSQL Failover of the logical replication slot​ · Configure replication slot in PostgreSQL · Wait for replication slot to be ready, then begin a transaction and export

If stopping postgres server takes time, the VM or container will have to be killed forcefully which can take a considerable amount of time as

postgres create logical replication slot After deleting the unused replication slot, PGSQL happily goes about its business and purgesrotates the old, unnecessary WAL files If you

Replication slots were introduced with PostgreSQL and are designed to ensure that any standby connected to the primary using a replication slot will always

postgres replication slot Replication slots provide an automated way to ensure that the primary server does not delete

The WAL files will just pile up So you need to monitor the slots and manually drop them Only when you do that will the master delete anything