diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index 8bcdc07a763a889058a0dc1bd4ad95abca496e0b..86c2729cfd3f7fbaae38e1a2057847f81f5be56b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -924,16 +924,17 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass' Promoting a cascading standby terminates the immediate downstream replication connections which it serves. This is because the timeline becomes different between standbys, and they can no longer continue replication. The - effected standby(s) may reconnect to reestablish streaming replication. + affected standby(s) may reconnect to reestablish streaming replication. </para> <para> To use cascading replication, set up the cascading standby so that it can - accept replication connections, i.e., set <varname>max_wal_senders</>, - <varname>hot_standby</> and authentication option (see - <xref linkend="streaming-replication"> and <xref linkend="hot-standby">). - Also set <varname>primary_conninfo</> in the downstream standby to point - to the cascading standby. + accept replication connections (that is, set + <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"> and <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby">, + and configure + <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">host-based authentication</link>). + You will also need to set <varname>primary_conninfo</> in the downstream + standby to point to the cascading standby. </para> </sect2>