Sync two (or more) hood.ie servers

[ooii]

Is there any way to run two instances of hood.ie servers that keep in sync?
Hood.ie is based on couchdb which has a built-in sync feature. Is it used by hood.ie?
I see that there is a replicate function, how can I use it?
Thanks.

[pmbanugo]

I think that would be configuring continuous replication between the two DBs. Hoodie doesn't have this feature AFAIK, so you'll manually set this up.

[ooii]

Thanks for your answer.
I was editing my question probably while you're answering. I added a link to the api server replicate function.
How one could configure continuous replication between the two DBs? Can we configure hood.ie's database?

[pmbanugo]

You can try that but I haven't used it and don't know how that works from the store api. Hoodie is not a database, it's backed by CouchDB or some other database that implements the couchdb replication protocol. You are likely to connect it to a CouchDB instance you've setup or use Cloudant (hosted couchdb). Otherwise, I guess you're using the default config which I think sets you up with an in-memory data store. If you choose to set up a CouchDB instance or use Cloudant, this video can explain how to set up replication between servers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcxFHZsy10

[ooii]

You're absolutely right, I'm using the in-memory data store. I'll connect it to a CouchDB instance, try, and comeback here to report.
Thanks again.

[ooii]

Do I need to create the database myself or hoodie will do that at first start?
I have a running couchdb instance and hoodie has the right credentials. But when starting it, it ends with Error: Could not set necessary CouchDB config. I don't see in the config doc any field to provide database name.
BTW: thanks for your phonebook app tutorial, well written and very good help.

[pmbanugo]

you don't have to create the databases yourself. Just give hoodie config options so it knows how to connect to the DB. I guess you're missing some config that's why you're getting that error. check the documentation for details on config

[ooii]

Thanks @pmbanugo. I'm digging.