Marmot + PocketBase + Fly.io

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Notes:

• Cluster instances have to start with same DB snapshot - Since Marmot doesn't support schema level change propagation,
  tables, indexes you will be creating, deleting won't be picked up. Marmot only transports data right now! This
  repo ships with sample data snapshot that was created using local PocketBase instance, so it should give you
  good starting point. You only need schema of tables + indexes in order to see replication working.
• Change propagation is dependent on PocketBase committing to disk - Marmot can only propagate changes that are written
  to disk!
• This example doesn't use persistent volume - Base snapshot and logs in Marmot nodes should be enough to get you
  up and running every-time. You can configure Marmot with S3/Minio snapshots for higher reliability.

Clone this Gist

Clone or Download the copy of Gist. Once downloaded/extracted, and cd into the directory.

Install Flyctl

• Follow the installation instructions from https://fly.io/docs/hands-on/install-flyctl/.
• Run fly auth signup to create a Fly.io account (email or GitHub).
• Run fly auth login to login.

Deploy and Scale

• Create Fly app using fly app create, fill in the information on prompts.
• Deploy on app using fly deploy -a <application-name>, here application-name will be the name of app you created
• Scale the app to multiple pods you fly scale count 2 -a <application-name>. At least have 2 pods for Marmot to
  start a cluster, otherwise Marmot process won't come up and wait for more than 1 nodes to come up.

Create Admin

Once cluster is started go to http://<application-name>.fly.dev/_/ to launch admin panel, it will prompt you to create an
admin account. Choose your email and password. Once you hit create, it will create your admin account.

PocketBase might show you an error saying invalid token. If that happens just wait for a second or so to let
changes propagate. Try reloading http://<application-name>.fly.dev/_/ until you see login form. If issue
persists try creating account again.

Use the APIs

Now you can play with your app's API using http://<application-name>.fly.dev/api/. Checkout
PocketBase Docs for deep dive.