SLONIK_FAILOVER(1)
π SLONIK_FAILOVER π
okay bestie, gather round, because this is SLONIK_FAILOVER(1) from the Slony-I manual, section 1, and it's lowkey iconic. it's a whole administration script, and we're gonna walk through it together, no cap.
β¨ NAME β¨
slonik_failover β a Slony-I administration script π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
slonik_failover [OPTION]... | slonik
slonik_failover --help
like, you either pipe it straight into slonik, or you hit it with --help and let it spill the tea about itself. your call, main character π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
so slonik_failover is literally part of a whole suite of scripts whose entire job is making it way easier to administer a set of Slony-I instances. it's giving "we automated the stressful part so you can breathe."
the complete documentation lives right here:
file:///usr/share/doc/slony1-2-doc/adminguide/adminscripts.html#ALTPERL
and that file ships in the package slony1-2-doc. iykyk β¨
also, for extra info on how these scripts integrate with the Debian packaging, peek at:
file:///usr/share/doc/slony1-bin/README.Debian.gz
fr fr, if you wanna know how the sausage gets packaged, that's the doc. π
π SEE ALSO π
slonik(1)β the whole point, honestly π«Ά
okay so quick vibe check: this page is Debian flavored, dated 2009-12-28, and it's still showing up as SLONIK_FAILOVER(1) like the queen she is. periodt. πβ¨ππ¦πΈπ
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and that's the whole page bestie, go failover responsibly π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: slony1-2-bin 2.2.11-1
- debian trixie: slony1-2-bin 2.2.11-6
- ubuntu jammy: slony1-2-bin 2.2.10-3
- ubuntu noble: slony1-2-bin 2.2.11-3
- ubuntu questing: slony1-2-bin 2.2.11-6
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms