--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+failed_node=$1
+new_master=$2
+trigger_file=$4
+old_primary=$3
+# if standby goes down.
+if [ $failed_node != $old_primary ]; then
+ echo "[INFO] Slave node is down. Failover not triggred !";
+ exit 0;
+fi
+# Create the trigger file if primary node goes down.
+echo "[INFO] Master node is down. Performing failover..."
+ssh -i /var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/id_rsa postgres@$new_master "touch $trigger_file"
+
+exit 0;