Description

To use XDCR, source and destination clusters must be established. A source cluster is the cluster where the original data is stored. A destination cluster is the cluster where the replica data is stored. Data is copied from the source cluster to the destination cluster.

HTTP method and URI

GET /pools/default/remoteClusters

Syntax

Curl request syntax:

curl -u [admin]:[password] 
    http://[localhost]:8091/pools/default/remoteClusters
    

Example

When requesting the remote cluster reference, provide credentials for the local cluster and the hostname and port for the remote cluster.

Curl request example:

curl -u [admin]:[password] 
    http://10.4.2.4:8091/pools/default/remoteClusters
    

Raw HTTP request example:

GET /pools/default/remoteClusters HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic QWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvcjpwYXNzd29yZA==
User-Agent: curl/7.21.4 (universal-apple-darwin11.0) libcurl/7.21.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8r zlib/1.2.5
Host: 10.4.2.4:8091
Accept: */*
      

Response

If successful, Couchbase Server responds with a JSON response similar to the following:

[{
"name":"remote1",
"uri":"/pools/default/remoteClusters/remote1",
"validateURI":"/pools/default/remoteClusters/remote1?just_validate=1",
"hostname":"10.4.2.6:8091",
"username":"Administrator",
"uuid":"9eee38236f3bf28406920213d93981a3",
"deleted":false
}]

The following describes the response elements:

• (String) name: Name of the destination cluster referenced for XDCR.
• (String) uri: URI for destination cluster information.
• (String) validateURI: URI to validate details of cluster reference.
• (String) hostname: Hostname/IP (and :port) of the remote cluster.
• (String) uuid: UUID of the remote cluster reference.
• (String) username: Username for the destination cluster administrator.
• (Boolean) deleted: Indicates whether the reference to the destination cluster has been deleted or not.