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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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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

Thanks @pmbanugo. I'm digging.