Promote the replica site to a new primary

Let’s say the primary site with cluster1 is down. The client applications have automatically switched to the replica site. Now you need to reconfigure your setup to make cluster2 on the replica site a new primary and have it handle the load.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Modify the replication channel for cluster2 within the deploy/cr.yaml file:

   • Set the isSource value to true to make the replica site the source of the data.
   • Remove the sourcesList configuration.

   Run the following command to apply a patch configuration to cluster2.

   $ kubectl patch pxc cluster2 -n <namespace> --type=merge --patch '{
     "spec": {
       "pxc": {
         "replicationChannels": [
           {
             "name": "pxc1_to_pxc2",
             "isSource": true
           }
         ]
       }
     }}'
   

   Now cluster2 acts as the primary site.

2. While the old primary site is unavailable, cluster1 no longer has up-to-date data. So you can delete it. Refer to the Delete the database cluster tutorial for the steps how to do it.

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Last update: 2025-05-19