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Subject: Re: Patroni basebackup server compression not working in 4.1.1
To: Radu Radutiu <rradutiu@gmail.com>, pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
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From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
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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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