The server configuration file

Create a new file, called pg.conf, in /etc/barman.d directory, with the following content:

[pg]
description =  "Our main PostgreSQL server"
conninfo = host=pg user=barman dbname=postgres
backup_method = postgres
# backup_method = rsync

The conninfo option is set accordingly to the section “Preliminary steps: PostgreSQL connection”.

The meaning of the backup_method option will be covered in the backup section of this guide.

If you plan to use the streaming connection for WAL archiving or to create a backup of your server, you also need a streaming_conninfo parameter in your server configuration file:

streaming_conninfo = host=pg user=streaming_barman dbname=postgres

This value must be chosen accordingly as described in the section “Preliminary steps: PostgreSQL connection”.