Fork services with Aiven client

When you a fork a service, you create an exact copy of the service, including the underlying database. You can use a fork of your service to:

  • Create a development copy of your production environment.
  • Set up a snapshot to analyze an issue or test an upgrade.
  • Create an instance in a different cloud, geographical location, or under a different plan.

For more information about projects, plans, and other details about services,see Services.

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure you have:

Creating a fork of your service

  1. In the Aiven client, connect to your Managed Service for TimescaleDB service.
  2. Switch to the project that contains the service you want to fork:

1. avn project switch <PROJECT> 3. List the services in the project, and make a note of the service that you want to fork, listed under SERVICE_NAME column in the output.

1. avn service list 4. Get the details of the service that you want to fork:

1. avn service get <SERVICE_NAME> 5. Create the fork:

``` 1. avn service create --project \

  1. -t --plan --cloud \

  2. -c service_to_fork_from= ```

Example

To create a fork named grafana-fork for a service named grafana with these parameters:

  • PROJECT_ID: project-fork
  • CLOUD_NAME: timescale-aws-us-east-1
  • PLAN_TYPE: dashboard-1

```

avn service create grafana-fork —project project-fork -t grafana —plan dashboard-1 —cloud timescale-aws-us-east-1 -c service_to_fork_from=grafana

2. You can switch to `project-fork` and view the newly created `grafana-fork` using:

avn service list ```