* * On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Sean Patronis <spatro...@add123.com> wrote:
> I am running Postgres 9.1 > > I have followed the howto here: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Streaming_Replication > > I am attempting to replicate an existing database. > > On the Master, I get the following error in the postgres log file: > > FATAL: must be replication role to start walsender > > > On the slave I get this: > FATAL: could not connect to the primary server: FATAL: must be > replication role to start walsender > > I have googled both of those log entries to no avail. > > note that the sender process on the master is not running. > > What simple step am I missing? > > > Step 3 from wiki. and reload PG-instance - *3.* Set up connections and authentication so that the standby server can successfully connect to the *replication* pseudo-database on the primary. $ $EDITOR postgresql.conf listen_addresses = '192.168.0.10' $ $EDITOR pg_hba.conf # The standby server must have superuser access privileges. host replication postgres 192.168.0.20/22 trust --- Regards, Raghavendra EnterpriseDB Corporation Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/