Pausing XDCR replication streams

The XDCR CLI provides options to pause and resume replication with couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate.

Table 1. xdcr-replicate options
Option Description
--create Create and start a new replication
--delete Stop and cancel a replication
--list List all XDCR replications
--pause Pause the replication
--resume Resume the replication
--settings Update settings for the replication
--xdcr-replicator=REPLICATOR Replication ID
--xdcr-from-bucket=BUCKET Local bucket name to replicate from
--xdcr-cluster-name=CLUSTERNAME Remote cluster to replicate to
--xdcr-to-bucket=BUCKETNAME Remote bucket to replicate to
--max-concurrent-reps =[ 16 ] Maximum concurrent replications per bucket, 8 to 256. Default: 16
--checkpoint-interval =[ 1800 ] Intervals between checkpoints , 60 to 14400 seconds
--worker-batch-size =[ 500 ] Document batch size, 500 to 10000
--doc-batch size =[ 2048 ] KB Document batch size, 10 to 100000 KB
--failure-restart-interval =[ 30 ] Interval for restarting failed xdcr, 1 to 300 seconds
--optimistic-replication-threshold =[ 256 ] Document body size threshold (bytes) to trigger optimistic replication
--xdcr-replication-mode=[xmem|capi] Replication protocol, either capi or xmem

Syntax


couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate -c HOST:PORT
    --pause	
    --xdcr-replicator=[REPLICATOR_ID]	
    -u ADMIN -p PASSWORD         
 
couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate -c HOST:PORT
  --resume	
  --xdcr-replicator=[REPLICATOR_ID]	
  -u ADMIN -p PASSWORD

Pausing a running replication stream


couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate -c 192.168.0.1:8091 \\	
    --pause \\	
    --xdcr-replicator=f4eb540d74c43fd3ac6d4b7910c8c92f/default/default \\	
    -u Administrator -p password

Resuming a paused replication stream


couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate -c 192.168.0.1:8091 \\	
    --resume \\	
    --xdcr-replicator=f4eb540d74c43fd3ac6d4b7910c8c92f/default/default \\	
    -u Administrator -p password

Updating settings for a replication stream


couchbase-cli xdcr-replicate -c 192.168.0.1:8091 \\	
    --settings \\	
    --xdcr-replicator=f4eb540d74c43fd3ac6d4b7910c8c92f/default/default \\	
    --max-concurrent-reps=32 \\	
    --checkpoint-interval=1800 \\	
    --worker-batch-size=500 \\	
    --doc-batch-size=2048 \\	
    --failure-restart-interval=30 \\	
    --optimistic-replication-threshold=256 \\	
    -u Administrator -p password