AdvancedAdvanced PostgreSQL
Logical replication subscription setup
The query
SQL
-- On PRIMARY server:
CREATE PUBLICATION pub_employees FOR TABLE employees, departments;
-- On REPLICA server:
CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sub_employees
CONNECTION 'host=primary_host dbname=mydb user=replication_user password=secret'
PUBLICATION pub_employees;
-- Monitor replication lag
SELECT
application_name,
client_addr,
state,
PG_WAL_LSN_DIFF(sent_lsn, replay_lsn) AS replication_lag_bytes
FROM pg_stat_replication;Note
“Logical replication replicates specific tables. Physical replication copies entire WAL stream.