jocafi / replicate-couchdb

Replicate CouchDB using PouchDB library

replicate-couchdb

Replicate CouchDB using the PouchDB library.

Getting Started

After cloning the project, execute the command below to download all needed libraries:

 $ npm install

Now you can start replicating a CouchDB (source) to another instance of CouchDB (target).

 $ npm start <source url> <target url>

or you can also execute the following commands:

 $ npm run build
 $ node dist/replicate-couchdb.js <source url> <target url>

In each case, if the arguments are wrong, a screen will show how to execute the replication correctly:

replicate-couchdb.js 

Commands:
  replicate-couchdb.js    Replicate the source CouchDB to the target

Options:
  --version  Show version number                                                                                                   [boolean]
  --help     Show help                                                                                                             [boolean]

Examples:
  replicate-couchdb.js http://192.168.172.100:5984/mydatabase   http://user:password@localhost:5984/mydatabase

Cleaning before new replication

The replicate-couchdb creates temporarily a local database in the folder ./tempdb. Before starting a new replication, certify to clean everything running the command below:

 $ npm run clean-all

This command removes the folder ./tempdb. Otherwise, the existing content will be also replicated to the target CouchDB.

Replication Only

After replicating once, you can replicate the temporarily local database to another CouchDB instances. For this, you have to run teh command below:

 $ npm run build
 $ node dist/replicate-only-couchdb.js <target url>