Docs clarification: reload configuration

It is explicitly stated that bootstrap.dcs configuration loads from yaml configuration once and cannot be reload. I must use edit-config or api to reload.

But it is not clear for me what about another bootstrap.* options? If I change them and do patronictl reload - will it adjust pg_hba.conf according to bootstrap.pg_hba? Will it add new users if any in bootstrap.users? Will it update theirs passwords if only passwords changes? I’m expecting that the answer is “no”. Because it is a “bootstrap” section. Am I right? Should documentation be updated to explicitly state this?

[CyberDem0n]

The bootstrap section works only once, during cluster initialization, when either initdb or custom bootstrap methods are executed.

Bootstrap.pg_hba was invented a long time before we implemented postgresql.pg_hba, it was adding a few lines into pg_hba.conf generated by initdb. We don’t need it anymore and should remove it from all places.

Boostrap.dcs might contain nearly everything from postgresql section, hence postgresql.pg_hba.

[CyberDem0n]

If you want to change credentials:

1. CREATE or UPDATE them manually in the database
2. update patroni.yaml (on all nodes)
3. run patronictl reload <SCOPE>

Patroni on all nodes will re-read patroni.yaml