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Releasing

Source code

Edit variable $VERSION in check_pgbackrest, and update the version field at the end of the in-line documentation in this script.

Use date format LC_TIME=C date +"%a %b %d %Y".

In check_pgbackrest.spec:

  • update the tag in the _tag variable (first line)
  • update the version in Version:
  • edit the changelog

Update the CHANGELOG.md file too.

Update the tests results test/regress/expected/version.out.

Documentation

Generate updated documentation:

pod2text check_pgbackrest > README
podselect check_pgbackrest > README.pod

Tagging and building tar file

TAG=REL1_9
git tag -a $TAG -m "Release $TAG"
git tag
git push --tags
git archive --prefix=check_pgbackrest-$TAG/ -o /tmp/check_pgbackrest-1.9.tar.gz $TAG

Release on github

Building the RPM file

Installation

yum group install "Development Tools"
yum install rpmdevtools
useradd makerpm

Building the package

su - makerpm
rpmdev-setuptree
git clone https://github.com/dalibo/check_pgbackrest.git
spectool -R -g check_pgbackrest/check_pgbackrest.spec
rpmbuild -ba check_pgbackrest/check_pgbackrest.spec

The RPM is generated into rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch.

Don't forget to upload the package on GitHub release page.

Vagrant

A specific Vagrant script has been created in the packaging directory to build the rpm. To launch it, go the the packaging directory and execute:

make all

Community

pgsql-announce

Send a mail to the pgsql-announce mailing list. Eg.:

check_pgbackrest 1.9 has been released

check_pgbackrest is designed to monitor pgBackRest backups from Nagios, 
relying on the status information given by the "info" command.

It allows to monitor the backups retention and the consistency of the 
archived WAL segments.

Changes in check_pgbackrest 1.9:
  - ...
  - ...

===== Links & Credits =====

check_pgbackrest is an open project, licensed under the PostgreSQL license.
Any contribution to improve it is welcome.

Links:
  - Download: https://github.com/dalibo/check_pgbackrest/releases
  - Support: https://github.com/dalibo/check_pgbackrest/issues

Submit a news on postgresql.org

  • organisation: Dalibo
  • Title: "check_pgbackrest 1.9 has been released"
  • Content:
_Town, Country, Month xx, 2020_

`check_pgbackrest` is designed to monitor [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org) 
backups from Nagios, relying on the status information given by the 
[info](https://pgbackrest.org/command.html#command-info) command.

It allows to monitor the backups retention and the consistency of the archived 
WAL segments.

Changes in check_pgbackrest 1.9
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  * ...
  * ...

Links & Credits
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

`check_pgbackrest` is part of the [Dalibo Labs] initiative. It is mainly 
developed by [Stefan Fercot].
This is an open project, licensed under the PostgreSQL license. 
Any contribution to improve it is welcome.

Links:

  * [Download]: https://github.com/dalibo/check_pgbackrest/releases
  * [Support]: https://github.com/dalibo/check_pgbackrest/issues

Note: RPM package is available on the GitHub Release page. 

[Dalibo Labs]: https://labs.dalibo.com
[Stefan Fercot]: https://www.dalibo.com/en/equipe#stefan
  • check "Related Open Source"