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doctl databases replica create

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage

doctl databases replica create <database-cluster-id> <replica-name> [flags]

Creates a read-only database replica for the specified database cluster, giving it the specified name.

This command requires the ID of a database cluster, which you can retrieve by calling:

doctl databases list

The following example creates a read-only replica named example-replica for a database cluster with the ID ca9f591d-f38h-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e35:

doctl databases replica create ca9f591d-f38h-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e35 example-replica --size db-s-1vcpu-1gb

Option	Description
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--private-network-uuid`	The UUID of a VPC to create the replica in; the default VPC for the region will be used if excluded.
`--region`	Specifies the region in which to create the replica, such as `nyc3` or `sfo2`. Default: `nyc1`
`--size`	Specifies the machine size for the replica, such as `db-s-1vcpu-1gb`. Must be the same size or larger than the primary database cluster. Default: `db-s-1vcpu-1gb`

Command	Description
doctl databases replica	Display commands to manage read-only database replicas

Option	Description
`--access-token`, `-t`	API V2 access token
`--api-url`, `-u`	Override default API endpoint
`--config`, `-c`	Specify a custom config file Default:
`--context`	Specify a custom authentication context name
`--http-retry-max`	Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error Default: `5`
`--http-retry-wait-max`	Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `30`
`--http-retry-wait-min`	Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `1`
`--interactive`	Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) Default: `false`
`--output`, `-o`	Desired output format [text\|json] Default: `text`
`--trace`	Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: `false`
`--verbose`, `-v`	Enable verbose output Default: `false`