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+{{- if .Values.replication.enabled }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "postgresql.fullname" . }}-replica
+  labels:
+    {{- include "postgresql.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: replica
+spec:
+  serviceName: {{ include "postgresql.fullname" . }}-headless
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replication.replicaCount }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "postgresql.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: replica
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        {{- include "postgresql.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: replica
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: init-replica
+        image: "{{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+        - /bin/bash
+        - /config/replica-init.sh
+        env:
+        - name: PGDATA
+          value: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
+        - name: REPLICATION_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: {{ .Values.postgres.existingSecret | default (include "postgresql.fullname" .) }}
+              key: {{ .Values.postgres.replicationPasswordKey }}
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /config
+      containers:
+      - name: postgresql
+        image: "{{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        ports:
+        - name: postgres
+          containerPort: 5432
+          protocol: TCP
+        env:
+        - name: PGDATA
+          value: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /bin/sh
+            - -c
+            - pg_isready
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 6
+        readinessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /bin/sh
+            - -c
+            - pg_isready
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 6
+        resources:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.replica.resources | nindent 10 }}
+      volumes:
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ include "postgresql.fullname" . }}-config
+          defaultMode: 0755
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: data
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        - {{ .Values.replica.persistence.accessMode }}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.replica.persistence.size }}
+      {{- if .Values.replica.persistence.storageClass }}
+      storageClassName: {{ .Values.replica.persistence.storageClass }}
+      {{- end }}
+{{- end }}