<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In order to achieve a high level of availability for Postgres, I have two Postgres servers (master-standby streaming replication) behind two PgPool-II servers.</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I need these two PgPool-II servers to exchange information about the state of the Postgres servers, so that one Postgres server doesn't get promoted to master by one PgPool-II server, but the other PgPool-II is unaware and continues to send queries to the old master.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To do this I need watchdog correct?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I've been reading the watchdog docs, and it seems to insist on using a virtual IP. However, virtual IP is not an available option for me. How can I configure watchdog without the virtual IP, just taking advantage of information sharing?</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>— Theron</div></div>
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