Exporting and Importing Cluster Configurations
The cluster configuration service exports and imports configurations created using gfsh
for an entire Apache Geode cluster.
The cluster configuration service saves the cluster configuration as you create a regions, disk-stores and other objects using gfsh
commands. You can export this configuration as well as any jar files that contain application files to a zip file and then import this configuration to create a new cluster.
Exporting a Cluster Configuration
Issue the gfsh
export cluster-configuration
command to save the configuration data for your cluster in a zip file. This zip file contains subdirectories for cluster-level configurations and a directory for each group specified in the cluster. The contents of these directories are described in Cluster Configuration Files and Troubleshooting.
To export a cluster configuration, run the gfsh
export cluster-configuration
command while connected to a Geode cluster. For example:
export cluster-configuration --zip-file-name=myClusterConfig.zip --dir=/home/username/configs
See export cluster-configuration.
Note:
gfsh
only saves cluster configuration values for configurations specified using gfsh
. Configurations created by the management API are not saved with the cluster configurations.
Importing a Cluster Configuration
You can import a cluster configuration to a running locator. After importing the configuration, any servers you start receive this cluster configuration.
To import a cluster configuration, start one or more locators and then run the gfsh
import cluster-configuration
command. For example:
import cluster-configuration --zip-file-name=/home/username/configs/myClusterConfig.zip
See import cluster-configuration.
Note: You cannot import a cluster configuration to a cluster where cache servers are already running.