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How can I assign 'pg_create_subscription' role to doadmin

Hi, I’m trying to implement logical replication on DO Managed DB Cluster. I was able to create Publication on my pub DB with doadmin user. But when i tried creating Subscription on my sub DB. It threw the following error:

ERROR: permission denied to grant role “pg_create_subscription” DETAIL: Only roles with the ADMIN option on role “pg_create_subscription” may grant this role.

Although, I’m using the doadmin user. But, still i can’t assign this role which is frustrating as it isn’t a super user and I don’t have access to postgres which is super user.

P.S: I created subscription on my local DB and it was working. So, nothing is off with the commands.


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Bobby Iliev
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February 12, 2025

Hey @cac5f94dea624895b81bb6bc63b30a,

I’ve not tested this in a while myself but have you tried creating the subscription without assigning the role?

If that fails, contact DigitalOcean Support, they might be able to advise you further:

https://www.digitalocean.com/support/

- Bobby.

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