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==========
Replicator
==========

.. _config/replicator:

Replicator Database Configuration
=================================

.. config:section:: replicator :: Replicator Database Configuration

    .. config:option:: max_jobs

        .. versionadded:: 2.1

        Number of actively running replications.
        This value represents the threshold to trigger the automatic replication
        scheduler.
        The system will check every ``interval`` milliseconds how many replication
        jobs are running, and if there are more than ``max_jobs`` active jobs,
        the scheduler will pause-and-restart up to ``max_churn`` jobs in the
        scheduler queue.
        Making this value too high could cause performance issues, while making
        it too low could mean replications jobs might not have enough time to make
        progress before getting unscheduled again.
        This parameter can be adjusted at runtime and will take effect during next
        rescheduling cycle::

             [replicator]
             max_jobs = 500

    .. config:option:: interval

        .. versionadded:: 2.1

        Scheduling interval in milliseconds.
        During each reschedule cycle the scheduler might start or stop up to ``max_churn``
        number of jobs::

             [replicator]
             interval = 60000

    .. config:option:: max_churn

        .. versionadded:: 2.1

        Maximum number of replication jobs to start and stop during rescheduling.
        This parameter, along with ``interval``, defines the rate of job replacement.
        During startup, however, a much larger number of jobs could be started
        (up to ``max_jobs``) in a short period of time::

             [replicator]
             max_churn = 20

    .. config:option:: max_history

        Maximum number of events recorded for each job. This parameter defines
        an upper bound on the consecutive failure count for a job, and in turn
        the maximum backoff factor used when determining the delay before the job
        is restarted. The longer the length of the crash count, the longer the
        possible length of the delay::

             [replicator]
             max_history = 20

    .. config:option:: update_docs

        .. versionadded:: 2.1

        When set to ``true`` replicator will update replication document with
        error and triggered states. This approximates pre-2.1 replicator
        behavior::

             [replicator]
             update_docs = false

    .. config:option:: worker_batch_size

        With lower batch sizes checkpoints are done more frequently. Lower
        batch sizes also reduce the total amount of used RAM memory::

            [replicator]
            worker_batch_size = 500

    .. config:option:: worker_processes

        More worker processes can give higher network throughput but can also
        imply more disk and network IO::

            [replicator]
            worker_processes = 4

    .. config:option:: http_connections

        Maximum number of HTTP connections per replication::

            [replicator]
            http_connections = 20

    .. config:option:: connection_timeout

        HTTP connection timeout per replication.
        This is divided by three (3) when the replicator makes changes feed requests.
        Even for very fast/reliable networks it might need to be increased if
        a remote database is too busy::

            [replicator]
            connection_timeout = 30000

    .. config:option:: retries_per_request

        .. versionchanged:: 2.1.1

        If a request fails, the replicator will retry it up to N times. The
        default value for N is 5 (before version 2.1.1 it was 10). The requests
        are retried with a doubling exponential backoff starting at 0.25
        seconds. So by default requests would be retried in 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4
        second intervals. When number of retires is exhausted, the whole
        replication job is stopped and will retry again later::

            [replicator]
            retries_per_request = 5

    .. config:option:: socket_options

        Some socket options that might boost performance in some scenarios:

        - ``{nodelay, boolean()}``
        - ``{sndbuf, integer()}``
        - ``{recbuf, integer()}``
        - ``{priority, integer()}``

        See the `inet`_ Erlang module's man page for the full list of options::

            [replicator]
            socket_options = [{keepalive, true}, {nodelay, false}]

        .. _inet: http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/inet.html#setopts-2

    .. config:option:: checkpoint_interval

        .. versionadded:: 1.6

        Defines replication checkpoint interval in milliseconds.
        :ref:`Replicator <replicator>` will :get:`requests </{db}>` from the
        Source database at the specified interval::

            [replicator]
            checkpoint_interval = 5000

        Lower intervals may be useful for frequently changing data, while
        higher values will lower bandwidth and make fewer requests for
        infrequently updated databases.

    .. config:option:: use_checkpoints

        .. versionadded:: 1.6

        If ``use_checkpoints`` is set to ``true``, CouchDB will make
        checkpoints during replication and at the completion of replication.
        CouchDB can efficiently resume replication from any of these
        checkpoints::

            [replicator]
            use_checkpoints = true

        .. note::
            Checkpoints are stored in :ref:`local documents <api/local>`
            on both the source and target databases (which requires write
            access).

        .. warning::
            Disabling checkpoints is **not recommended** as CouchDB will scan
            the Source database's changes feed from the beginning.

    .. config:option:: cert_file

        Path to a file containing the user's certificate::

            [replicator]
            cert_file = /full/path/to/server_cert.pem

    .. config:option:: key_file

        Path to file containing user's private PEM encoded key::

            [replicator]
            key_file = /full/path/to/server_key.pem

    .. config:option:: password

        String containing the user's password. Only used if the private key file
        is password protected::

            [replicator]
            password = somepassword

    .. config:option:: verify_ssl_certificates

        Set to true to validate peer certificates::

            [replicator]
            verify_ssl_certificates = false

    .. config:option:: ssl_trusted_certificates_file

        File containing a list of peer trusted certificates (in the PEM
        format)::

            [replicator]
            ssl_trusted_certificates_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

    .. config:option:: ssl_certificate_max_depth

        Maximum peer certificate depth (must be set even if certificate
        validation is off)::

            [replicator]
            ssl_certificate_max_depth = 3

    .. config:option:: auth_plugins

        .. versionadded:: 2.2

        List of replicator client authentication plugins. Plugins will
        be tried in order and the first to initialize successfully will
        be used. By default there are two plugins available:
        `couch_replicator_auth_session` implementing session (cookie)
        authentication, and `couch_replicator_auth_noop` implementing basic
        authentication. For backwards compatibility, the no-op plugin should be used at
        the end of the plugin list::

          [replicator]
          auth_plugins = couch_replicator_auth_session,couch_replicator_auth_noop

        .. note::
             In version 2.2, the session plugin is considered experimental and is not enabled by default.
