How to tell read replicas apart in the dashboard
I have a variety of usecases for my read replicas.
1 application read workload (gets it's own replica)
1 cron job analytical workload (get's it's own replica)
1 replica spun up for ad-hoc processing
Is there a way to name/note/describe the replicas on neon's dashboard so I can manage them effectively. I'm worried about me or someone else on my team) accidentally deleting or modifying the wrong replica.
Please advise. Thanks!
7 Replies
national-goldOP•8mo ago
The generated replica names are obviously unique, but it is almost a necessity to have the ability to name/describe the replicas so there is no confusion among my team members.
extended-salmon•8mo ago
good feedback - love that you're using read replicas that much. while I don't think there's currently a way to do this in the UI, it seems reasonable. I've shared it with the product team
exotic-emerald•8mo ago
hi, @wordtractor
sadly, this capability does not exist now. we are aware of the use cases where one needs several read replicas and plan to add read replica names in the future
curious about your ad hoc processing use case. could you share more about it?
btw, have you seen this connectrion string command in our CLI?
exotic-emerald•8mo ago
Neon
Neon CLI commands — connection-string - Neon Docs
Before you begin Before running the connection string command, ensure that you have installed the Neon CLI. If you have not authenticated with the neon auth command, running a Neon CLI command automat...
exotic-emerald•8mo ago
with that you can get a connection string to a specific point in time of a branch. in this time travel mode, you are using ephemeral replicas that are cleaned up automatically and don't clutter ui
i wonder if this can be useful in your use case too
national-goldOP•8mo ago
very cool about the ephemeral replicas. I will have to try that out.
I'm surprised at the lack of features surrounding Read Replicas. Is it best practice to use them as recommended by Neon?
exotic-emerald•8mo ago
@wordtractor we are actively building the product in this area. both 'pernament' read replicas and ephemeral computes are at your disposal and recommended 🙂
@wordtractor besides naming, what are the other features you are looking to get with read replicas?