Correction - rather than change "this-server-name" I swap the primary/backup role in the peers list. I couldn't find a way to do that via API without replacing the entire configuration via config-set.
Thanks folks, --dmr On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 9:53 AM David Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > We are concerned about losing heartbeats between distant servers and > encountering a "split brain" scenario, so we are considering a more manual > failover using the passive-backup mode of HA. > > What is the best practice for promoting a backup server to active? Docs > simply say that it "requires manual intervention from the administrator". > > I can't seem to find a native API mechanism for this. The best way I can > think of seems to be ensuring that the primary can't come back online and > then changing the passive-backup server's "this-server-name" to BE the > primary. > > This seems like a kludge. How are others doing this? > > Thanks! --dmr >
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