Re: logical replication via log shipping

From: Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com>
To: Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: logical replication via log shipping
Date: 2026-01-03 22:06:27
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On 1/3/26 1:51 PM, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to perform logical replication via log shipping?
>>
> The short answer is no; as it stands now, the built in stuff for log
> shipping via wal_archiving is all designed around the binary file
> formats and the features and limitations that come with that.
>
> That said, one could in theory use something like logical replication
> and wal2json to create "logical log files" and then ship those files
> to remote systems which then decode and apply them. To the degree that
> qualifies as log shipping to you, that is certainly one possible way
> to do something similar to what you are asking.
>
>
> Robert Treat
> https://xzilla.net

Thanks! can you point me to an example of how I would decode the logical
log files?

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