[pgpool-general: 2610] online recovery problem (pgpool_remote_start never ends)

[Attila Heidrich]

Dear Guys,

I have got a problem...

I started to use pgpool2 3.3 with postgresql 9.3 on Debian 7.3, using the
pgpool/postgresql repositories.

I have setup a cluster of two pgpool2 nodes and three backend databases. It
works in a way after setup, but when I started to test the steps that
should be done for recovery/adding a node, I have ran into the following
problem:

When pgpool starts the pgpool_remote_start script, it never returns. After
the end of the scripts, pcp_recovery_node waits until the end of time.

Running the script by hand always work.

postgres at pool-1:~$ /usr/sbin/pcp_recovery_node -d 0 localhost 9898 postgres
DifficultPassword 2
DEBUG: send: tos="R", len=46
DEBUG: recv: tos="r", len=21, data=AuthenticationOK
DEBUG: send: tos="D", len=6

... and just waits forever...

Meanwhile the remote postgresql DB is up and running:

postgres at pool-3:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/pg_ctl -w -D
/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/ status
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 8780)


The pgpool_remote_start script is:
postgres at pool-1:~$ /var/lib/postgresql/pgpool_remote_start pool-3
/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/
waiting for server to start....2014-03-03 14:33:50 CET LOG:  database
system was shut down at 2014-03-03 14:33:42 CET
2014-03-03 14:33:50 CET LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
2014-03-03 14:33:50 CET LOG:  autovacuum launcher started
 done
server started
2014-03-03 14:33:51 CET LOG:  received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
Connection to pool-3 closed.
postgres at pool-1:~$

Here is the script text:
----------------------
#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/logger Called "$0" "$*"

DEST=$1
DESTDIR=$2
PGCTL="/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/pg_ctl"

COMMAND="ssh -t postgres@$DEST '$PGCTL -w -D $DESTDIR start'"
/usr/bin/logger -- Trying "$COMMAND"
eval $COMMAND
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Attila
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