CBGT Configuration Values

Configuration Values

Path	Example Value	Description
databases/db/feedtype	DCPSHARD	Valid feed types are TAP, DCP, and DCPSHARD. To use the distributed index feature, it must be set to DCPSHARD.
databases/db/feed_params/num_shards	64	The number of DCP shards that will be created across the cluster of Sync Gateway machines. There must be at least one shard for each Sync Gateway node that you deploy that is configured to be an IndexWriter.
cluster_config/server	http://localhost:8091	The URL of the Couchbase Server
cluster_config/bucket	default	The name of the Couchbase bucket where CBGT can store it's metadata
cluster_config/username	user	The username for the Couchbase bucket (or blank)
cluster_config/password	password	The password for the Couchbase bucket (or blank)
cluster_config/data_dir	/var/lib/sync_dateway/data_dir	The directory where CBGT can persist the node's UDID and other metadata.
cluster_config/heartbeat_interval_seconds	10	The interval in seconds that heartbeats are recorded. Defaults to 10

Example config:

{
    "interface":":4984",
    "adminInterface":":4985",
    "log":[
        "*"
    ],
    "verbose":"true",
    "cluster_config":{
        "server":"http://localhost:8091",
        "data_dir":"/tmp/sg",
        "bucket":"channel_index"
    },
    "databases":{
        "db":{
            "feed_type":"DCPSHARD",
            "server":"http://localhost:8091",
            "revs_limit":300,
            "users":{
                "GUEST":{
                    "disabled":true,
                    "admin_channels":[
                        "*"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "bucket":"default",
            "channel_index":{
                "server":"http://channel_index@localhost:8091",
                "bucket":"channel_index",
                "writer":true
            }
        }
    }
}