Connect to a remote cluster

To replicate an index on a remote cluster (Cluster A) to a local cluster (Cluster B), you configure Cluster A as a remote on Cluster B.

ClusterA contains the leader index and ClusterB contains the follower index

To configure a remote cluster from Stack Management in Kibana:

Set up a secure connection as needed.
Select Remote Clusters from the side navigation.
Specify the Elasticsearch endpoint URL, or the IP address or host name of the remote cluster (ClusterA) followed by the transport port (defaults to 9300). For example, cluster.es.eastus2.staging.azure.foundit.no:9400 or 192.168.1.1:9300.

API example

You can also use the cluster update settings API to add a remote cluster:

resp = client.cluster.put_settings(
    persistent={
        "cluster": {
            "remote": {
                "leader": {
                    "seeds": [
                        "127.0.0.1:9300"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    },
)
print(resp)

response = client.cluster.put_settings(
  body: {
    persistent: {
      cluster: {
        remote: {
          leader: {
            seeds: [
              '127.0.0.1:9300'
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
)
puts response

const response = await client.cluster.putSettings({
  persistent: {
    cluster: {
      remote: {
        leader: {
          seeds: ["127.0.0.1:9300"],
        },
      },
    },
  },
});
console.log(response);

PUT /_cluster/settings
{
  "persistent" : {
    "cluster" : {
      "remote" : {
        "leader" : {
          "seeds" : [
            "127.0.0.1:9300" 
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Specifies the hostname and transport port of a seed node in the remote cluster.

You can verify that the local cluster is successfully connected to the remote cluster.

resp = client.cluster.remote_info()
print(resp)

response = client.cluster.remote_info
puts response

const response = await client.cluster.remoteInfo();
console.log(response);

GET /_remote/info

The API response indicates that the local cluster is connected to the remote cluster with cluster alias leader.

{
  "leader" : {
    "seeds" : [
      "127.0.0.1:9300"
    ],
    "connected" : true,
    "num_nodes_connected" : 1, 
    "max_connections_per_cluster" : 3,
    "initial_connect_timeout" : "30s",
    "skip_unavailable" : true,
    "mode" : "sniff"
  }
}

The number of nodes in the remote cluster the local cluster is connected to.

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