February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
734 pages
38h 13m
English
Just as we did when we created the initial node, we always start by creating the bdr extension itself. This is a prerequisite to making all BDR-related functions available for our use.
Next, we perform the same step as the previous recipe by using bdr.create_node to establish metadata for this node before it joins the cluster. Perhaps it seems silly to create a node with no context for where it belongs since it's not associated with any cluster. The true role of the create_node function is to establish node metadata within BDR and pglogical. This information will be exchanged with any cluster we try to join.
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