ArangoDB Starter Recovery Procedure

    To recover from this scenario, you must:

    • Create a new (replacement) machine with ArangoDB (including Starter) installed.

    After creating the file, start the Starter using all the normal command line arguments.

    1. Talk to the remaining Starters to find the ID of the Starter it replaces and use that ID to join the remaining Starters.
    2. Remove the file from the data directory.

    The cluster will now recover automatically. It will however have one more Coordinators and DB-Servers than expected. Exactly one Coordinator and one DB-Server will be listed “red” in the web UI of the database. They will have to be removed manually using the ArangoDB Web UI.