Server Nodes API

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    The Server Nodes REST API manages nodes in a cluster.

    Description

    A Couchbase Server instance, known as server node, is a physical or virtual machine running Couchbase Server. Each node is as a member of a cluster.

    Table 1. Server node endpoints
    HTTP method URI path Description Admin Role

    GET

    /pools/nodes

    Retrieves information about nodes in a cluster.

    Full, Cluster

    POST

    /controller/setRecoveryType

    Sets the recovery type to be performed for a node. Options are delta or full.

    Full, Cluster

    POST

    /controller/failOver

    Fails over nodes.

    Full, Cluster

    POST

    /controller/startGracefulFailover

    Sets graceful failover for a specific server node. The server node is specified with the otpNode=[node_name] parameter.

    Full, Cluster

    POST

    /settings/web

    Sets user names and passwords.

    Full

    POST

    /controller/changePassword

    Changes password for a given user.

    Any

    POST

    /controller/changePassword

    Changes password for a given user.

    Any

    POST

    /pools/default memoryQuota

    The memoryQuota parameter sets the memory quota.

    Full, Cluster

    POST

    /nodes/self/controller/settings

    Sets the paths for data storage, index storage, and analytics storage.

    Full, Cluster

    GET

    /pools/default/buckets/default/ \ nodes/[host]:[port]/stats

    Retrieves statistics for a node.

    Full, Cluster