Merge pull request #915 from mmoll/pr_855

 enhance --data-checksums on initdb

README.md

@@ -449,6 +449,16 @@ Default value: OS dependent.
 
 **Warning:** If datadir is changed from the default, Puppet does not manage purging of the original data directory, which causes it to fail if the data directory is changed back to the original.
 
+##### `data_checksums`
+
+Optional.
+
+Data type: Boolean.
+
+Use checksums on data pages to help detect corruption by the I/O system that would otherwise be silent. Valid values: 'true' or 'false'. Default: initdb's default ('false').
+
+**Warning:** This option is used during initialization by initdb, and cannot be changed later. If set, checksums are calculated for all objects, in all databases.
+
 ##### `default_database`
 
 Specifies the name of the default database to connect with.
@@ -499,16 +509,6 @@ Default value: `undef`, which is effectively 'C'.
 
 **On Debian, you'll need to ensure that the 'locales-all' package is installed for full functionality of PostgreSQL.**
 
-##### `data_checksums`
-
-Optional.
-
-Data type: Boolean.
-
-Turns on data checksums during `initdb`.
-
-Default value: `undef`, which is the same as `false`.
-
 ##### `timezone`
 
 Sets the default timezone of the postgresql server. The postgresql built-in default is taking the systems timezone information.
@@ -751,6 +751,16 @@ The name of the PostgreSQL Python package.
 
 Default value: '${bindir}/createdb'.
 
+##### `data_checksums`
+
+Optional.
+
+Data type: Boolean.
+
+Use checksums on data pages to help detect corruption by the I/O system that would otherwise be silent. Valid values: 'true' or 'false'. Default: initdb's default ('false').
+
+**Warning:** This option is used during initialization by initdb, and cannot be changed later. If set, checksums are calculated for all objects, in all databases.
+
 ##### `default_database`
 
 Specifies the name of the default database to connect with. On most systems this is 'postgres'.

manifests/params.pp

@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  if($data_checksums and versioncmp($version, '9.3') < 0) {
+    fail('data_checksums require version 9.3 or greater')
+  }
+
   $validcon_script_path = pick($validcon_script_path, '/usr/local/bin/validate_postgresql_connection.sh')
   $initdb_path          = pick($initdb_path, "${bindir}/initdb")
   $pg_hba_conf_path     = pick($pg_hba_conf_path, "${confdir}/pg_hba.conf")