Getting ready

For this section, we need at least one extra server with PostgreSQL installed. This server should be running a copy of our database. We can follow the Managing system migrations recipe to build a copy if we don't already have one available. We will also use ideas introduced in the Exploring the Magic of Virtual IPs recipe. Reviewing these recipes now might be a good idea.

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