I am trying to configure Barman to backup. When I do a barman check replica
I keep getting:
Server replica:
WAL archive: FAILED (please make sure WAL shipping is setup)
PostgreSQL: OK
superuser: OK
wal_level: OK
directories: OK
retention policy settings: OK
backup maximum age: FAILED (interval provided: 1 day, latest backup age: No available backups)
compression settings: OK
failed backups: OK (there are 0 failed backups)
minimum redundancy requirements: FAILED (have 0 backups, expected at least 2)
ssh: OK (PostgreSQL server)
not in recovery: FAILED (cannot perform exclusive backup on a standby)
archive_mode: OK
archive_command: OK
continuous archiving: OK
archiver errors: OK
I am using Postgresql 9.6 and barman 2.1; I am not sure as to what the issue is could someone help? Here is my Barman server configuration:
description = "Database backup"
conninfo = host=<db-ip> user=postgres dbname=db
backup_method = rsync
ssh_command = ssh postgres@<db-ip>
archiver = on
minimum redundancy requirements: FAILED (have 0 backups, expected at least 2)
WAL archive: FAILED (please make sure WAL shipping is setup)
line. The other error makes sense to me and seemed valid as I haven't setup backups yet. WAL Archive Failed error should not be coming.barman switch-xlog --force --archive <server_name>
as noted in the barman documentation to verify WAL archiving is working?