crdb-cli crdb add-instance
Adds a peer replica to an Active-Active database.
| Redis Enterprise Software | 
|---|
Adds a peer replica to an existing Active-Active database in order to host the database on another cluster. This creates an additional active instance of the database on the specified cluster.
crdb-cli crdb add-instance --crdb-guid <guid>
         --instance fqdn=<cluster_fqdn>,username=<username>,password=<password>[,url=https://<hostname-or-IP>:9443,replication_endpoint=<hostname-or-IP>:<port>,replication_tls_sni=<hostname>]
         [--compression <0-6>]
         [--wait | --no-wait]
Parameters
| Parameter | Value | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| crdb-guid | string | The GUID of the database (required) | 
| instance fqdn=<cluster_fqdn>,username=<username>,password=<password>,url=https://<hostname-or-IP>:9443,replication_endpoint=<hostname-or-IP>:<port>,replication_tls_sni=<hostname> | strings | The connection information for the new participating cluster (required) Required: • fqdn- Cluster fully qualified domain name• username- Cluster username• password- Cluster passwordOptional: • url- URL to access the cluster's REST API• replication_endpoint- Address to access the database instance for peer replication• replication_tls_sni- Cluster Server Name Indication (SNI) hostname for TLS connections | 
| compression | 0-6 | The level of data compression: 0 = No compression 6 = High compression and resource load (Default: 3) | 
| wait | Prevents crdb-clifrom running another command before this command finishes | |
| no-wait | crdb-clican run another command before this command finishes | 
Returns
Returns the task ID of the task that is adding the new instance.
If --no-wait is specified, the command exits. Otherwise, it will wait for the instance to be added and return finished.
Example
$ crdb-cli crdb add-instance --crdb-guid db6365b5-8aca-4055-95d8-7eb0105c0b35 \
        --instance fqdn=cluster2.redis.local,username=[email protected],password=admin-password
Task f809fae7-8e26-4c8f-9955-b74dbbd47949 created
  ---> Status changed: queued -> started
  ---> Status changed: started -> finished