Re: Unique cluster / instance identifier?

ahhh good to know regarding pg12, thanks

> Andrew Gierth <mailto:andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
> Monday, February 18, 2019 1:03 PM
>
> S> Hi all;
>
> S> Does PostgreSQL store a unique cluster or instance identifier that
> S> we can access to identify our instances?
>
> Yes. But it's not easy to get at: it's the "Database system identifier"
> shown in the output of pg_controldata. (pg12+ will have a function to
> get it from SQL, but released versions don't.)
>
> e.g.
>
> Database system identifier: 6659016342798875639
>
> The number is mostly generated from the time the instance was created,
> with some bits modified. So for example:
>
> $ perl -le 'print scalar gmtime +(shift >> 32)' 6659016342798875639
> Sun Feb 17 17:04:21 2019
>
> PG uses this internally to make sure that replication never tries to
> apply WAL records generated on one system to a different system.
> Physical replication secondary systems share the primary's system
> identifier since they always originate as a copy (via base backup) of
> the primary.
>
> S. Bob <mailto:sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com>
> Monday, February 18, 2019 12:08 PM
> Hi all;
>
>
> Does PostgreSQL store a unique cluster or instance identifier that we
> can access to identify our instances?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>