lt_standby_forward is a module which forwards SQL statements from a hot standby to primary,
providing a facility to reduce loading of primary, and to allow clients query from standby.
For example, clients can send INSERT, CREATE to a hot standby.
You must add the line shown below in your postgresql.conf.
shared_preload_libraries = 'lt_standby_forward'
lt_standby_forward use primary_conninfo to connect to primary,
appending current dbname and username (i.e. the db and user used to connect to standby) to primary_conninfo.
The connection info looks like
primary_conninfo dbname=a_db user=a_user application_name=lt_standby_forward options='-c opt1=value1 -c opt2=value2'
It is not supported to set passward. Config pg_hba.conf on primary, or put password in passfile on standby to avoid typing password.
Forward DELETE, UPDATE, INSERT, SELECT with modifying CTE to primary.
Forward SELECT/CALL statements containing volatile function to primary, otherwise execute on standby.
Execute read only transactions on standby, otherwise forward to primary.
DDL is not allowed in transactions.
View is rewriten (expanded) on standby before forwarding to primary. Query fails if view contains objects cannot be accessed by current user.
Execute SET on both sides, execute show on standby.
Don't SET xxx_timeout after connection established, set these parameters with ltsql/jdbc parameter options.
For ltsql/jdbc options, only statement_timeout, lock_timeout and idle_in_transaction_session_timeout will be pass to primary.
COPY FROM is not supported.
CREATE TEMP/UNLOGGED TABLE is not supported.
Utility commands not mentioned above are forward to primary.