It is not clear from documentation when and how I should restore base backup

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/continuous-archiving.html
Description:

Hello.

On page:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-PITR-RECOVERY
Is is not clear should I do additional actions to restore basebackup first
and then WAL files (as described at p6)

This paragraph even more confusing:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-STANDALONE

... and no special action is required to restore the backup.

Should I configure restore_command at least?

Thank you.

#2David G. Johnston
david.g.johnston@gmail.com
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: It is not clear from documentation when and how I should restore base backup

On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 11:11 PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/continuous-archiving.html
Description:

Hello.

On page:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-PITR-RECOVERY
Is is not clear should I do additional actions to restore basebackup first
and then WAL files (as described at p6)

You mean step 4?

This paragraph even more confusing:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-STANDALONE

... and no special action is required to restore the backup.

Should I configure restore_command at least?

It is standalone, everything needed and possible exists in the backup file
pg_basebackup created.

David J.