#include <db.h>

int
DB_ENV->rep_start(DB_ENV *env, DBT *cdata, u_int32_t flags);

The DB_ENV->rep_start method configures the database environment as a client or master in a group of replicated database environments.

The DB_ENV->rep_start method is not called by most replication applications. It should only be called by applications implementing their own network transport layer, explicitly holding replication group elections and handling replication messages outside of the replication manager framework.

Replication master environments are the only database environments where replicated databases may be modified. Replication client environments are read-only as long as they are clients. Replication client environments may be upgraded to be replication master environments in the case that the current master fails or there is no master present.

The enclosing database environment must already have been opened by calling the DB_ENV->open method and must already have been configured to send replication messages by calling the DB_ENV->rep_set_transport method.

The DB_ENV->rep_start method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

• The cdata parameter is an opaque data item that is sent over the communication infrastructure when the client comes online (see Connecting to a new site for more information). If no such information is useful, cdata should be NULL.

• The flags parameter must be set to one of the following values:
  DB_REP_CLIENT
  • Configure the environment as a replication client.
  DB_REP_MASTER
  • Configure the environment as a replication master.
  
  

The DB_ENV->rep_start method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

• If the database environment was not already configured to communicate with a replication group by a call to DB_ENV->rep_set_transport; the database environment was not already opened; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.