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rs.addArb()¶
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Description¶
-
rs.
addArb
(host)¶ Adds a new arbiter to an existing replica set.
Warning
In general, avoid deploying more than one arbiter per replica set.
The
rs.addArb()
method takes the following parameter:Parameter Type Description host
string Specifies the hostname and optionally the port number of the arbiter member to add to replica set. For the following MongoDB versions,
pv1
increases the likelihood ofw:1
rollbacks compared topv0
for replica sets with arbiters:- MongoDB 3.4.1
- MongoDB 3.4.0
- MongoDB 3.2.11 or earlier