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Confluent Switchover Pairs (switchover/v1) API

[![Early Access](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-Early%20Access-%2345c6e8)](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy) [![Request Access To Switchover API (Kafka Disaster Recovery)](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Request%20Access%20To%20Switchover%20API%20%28Kafka%20Disaster%20Recovery%29-%23bc8540)](mailto:ccloud-api-access+switchover-v1-early-access@confluent.io?subject=Request%20to%20join%20switchover/v1%20API%20Early%20Access&body=I%E2%80%99d%20like%20to%20join%20the%20Confluent%20Cloud%20API%20Early%20Access%20for%20switchover/v1%20to%20provide%20early%20feedback%21%20My%20Cloud%20Organization%20ID%20is%20%3Cretrieve%20from%20https%3A//confluent.cloud/settings/billing/payment%3E.) `SwitchoverPair` represents a cluster-level Disaster Recovery pairing between two Kafka clusters in different regions of the same environment. Exactly one member is active at any time; the other is passive and kept in sync via a bidirectional cluster link. The API allows you to list, create, read, update, and delete switchover pairs, and to trigger a failover (promotion of the passive member) via the `:failover` operation. Related guide: [Disaster Recovery for Kafka in Confluent Cloud](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/clusters/cluster-linking/index.html). ## The Switchover Pairs Model

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Operations 6

GET /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs List of Switchover Pairs #

POST /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs Create a Switchover Pair #

GET /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs/{id} Read a Switchover Pair #

PUT /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs/{id} Update a Switchover Pair #

DELETE /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs/{id} Delete a Switchover Pair #

POST /switchover/v1/switchover-pairs/{id}:failover Trigger a failover on a switchover pair #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Confluent Cloud Switchover Pairs (switchover/v1) API
  version: ''
  x-api-id: 46234552-5833-42eb-ba0f-883ad3f70d2b
  x-audience: external-public
  x-logo:
    url: https://assets.confluent.io/m/1661ef5e4ff82d3d/
  description: '# Introduction


    Note


    This documents the collection of Confluent Cloud APIs.'
servers:
- url: https://api.confluent.cloud
  description: Confluent Cloud API
tags:


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