Fetch the status of Postgres' streaming replication with ActiveRecord and Rails
When using streaming replication you can use this code to fetch the number of bytes the slave is behind the master in applying changes to the WAL (write-ahead log):
class SlaveDatabase < ApplicationRecord
self.abstract_class = true
# NOTE: Add slave entry to config/database.yml
establish_connection :slave
#
# Returns the number of bytes the slave is behind the master in applying WAL updates.
#
def self.replication_delta
# Returns, for example, 12/547C3A58 from the master
current_master_wal = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_value("SELECT pg_current_wal_flush_lsn();")
# Returns, for example, -7504582 from the slave
delta = connection.select_value("SELECT #{connection.quote(current_master_wal)} - pg_last_wal_receive_lsn()")
raise "pg_last_wal_receive_lsn returned null, see documentation for details" unless delta
Integer(delta).abs
end
end
Tested with version Postgres 10. Note that in version 10, pg_last_xlog_receive_location has been renamed to pg_last_wal_receive_lsn, and pg_current_xlog_flush_location has been renamed to pg_current_wal_flush_lsn.