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PG_AUTOCTL GET FORMATION NUMBER-SYNC-STANDBYS(1) pg_auto_failover PG_AUTOCTL GET FORMATION NUMBER-SYNC-STANDBYS(1)

NAME

pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys - pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys

pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys - get number_sync_standbys for a formation from the monitor

SYNOPSIS

This command prints a pg_autoctl replication settings for number sync standbys:

usage: pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys  [ --pgdata ] [ --json ] [ --formation ]
--pgdata      path to data directory
--json        output data in the JSON format
--formation   pg_auto_failover formation


DESCRIPTION

See also pg_autoctl show settings <#pg-autoctl-show-settings> for the full list of replication settings.

OPTIONS

Location of the Postgres node being managed locally. Defaults to the environment variable PGDATA. Use --monitor to connect to a monitor from anywhere, rather than the monitor URI used by a local Postgres node managed with pg_autoctl.
Output JSON formatted data.
Show replication settings for given formation. Defaults to default.

ENVIRONMENT

PGDATA

Postgres directory location. Can be used instead of the --pgdata option.


PG_AUTOCTL_MONITOR

Postgres URI to connect to the monitor node, can be used instead of the --monitor option.


XDG_CONFIG_HOME

The pg_autoctl command stores its configuration files in the standard place XDG_CONFIG_HOME. See the XDG Base Directory Specification <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>.


XDG_DATA_HOME

The pg_autoctl command stores its internal states files in the standard place XDG_DATA_HOME, which defaults to ~/.local/share. See the XDG Base Directory Specification <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>.


EXAMPLES

$ pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys
1
$ pg_autoctl get formation number-sync-standbys --json
{


    "number-sync-standbys": 1
}


Author

Microsoft

Copyright

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

November 17, 2025 2.2