Re: Patroni basebackup server compression not working in 4.1.1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alexander Kukushkin
Subject Re: Patroni basebackup server compression not working in 4.1.1
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Msg-id CAFh8B=nP+xpSAgA6vMvoLAiowo3zQHtecZn-3VzXNruvx7cUMw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Patroni basebackup server compression not working in 4.1.1  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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It looks like a bug, it fails to correctly resolve the Postgres version when $PGDATA is empty :(

On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 at 16:47, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 4/22/26 12:30 AM, Radu Radutiu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not able to enable basebackup server compression feature, which is
> new in patroni 4.1.1.
> OS: OEL 9.7
> Patroni version: patroni-4.1.1-1PGDG.rhel9.7.noarch
> Postgres: postgresql18-server-18.3-1PGDG.rhel9.7.x86_64
> The following setting has been added to DCS under postgresql:
> basebackup:
>    - compress: server-zstd
> I still get the following error in the patroni.log:
> 2026-04-22 02:51:44,693 ERROR: compress option for basebackup is not allowed
> 2026-04-22 02:51:44,693 ERROR: Error when parsing basebackup key-value
> option server-zstd: only one key-value is allowed and value should be a
> string

Have you tried with?:

- compress: 'server-zstd'

Per:

"ERROR: Error when parsing basebackup key-value option server-zstd: only
one key-value is allowed and value should be a string"

>
> Has anyone been able to confirm that the feature is working?
>
> Best regards,
> Radu


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