Missing max_parallel_degree configuration parameter in PostgreSql 9.6

Question

I am not able to set max_parallel_degree.

Documentation: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Parallel_Query

Just now I updated my postgresql test database server from version 9.5.5 to 9.6. Server is restarted, up and running. According documentation I should be able to set parallel degree for actual user, but this parameter is not in configuration table.

When I try to set max_parallel_degree = 4; I get this:
ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "max_parallel_degree"

My configuration:
ubuntu server (updated), postgresql 9.6 in VirtualBox machine with 6 cores assigned.
My config file: /etc/postgresql/9.6/main/postgresql.conf does not contain rows with "parallel" word.
server_version = 9.6.1; psql version = 9.6.1

select * from pg_settings where name like '%par%';

Results:

debug_print_parse               | off
force_parallel_mode             | on  *
log_parser_stats                | off
max_parallel_workers_per_gather | 4   *
max_prepared_transactions       | 0
min_parallel_relation_size      | 1024
parallel_setup_cost             | 1000
parallel_tuple_cost             | 0.1

*This settings was set by me after run psql.

What can I do to enable parallel query running on PostgreSql 9.6?

Answer 1

The max_parallel_degree has been renamed to max_parallel_workers_per_gather.

Additionally, we've made some user-visible changes to parameters and functions. These may cause dump/restore between beta 1 and beta 2 to generate errors. This includes:

rename max_parallel_degree to max_parallel_workers_per_gather

Source: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1677/