./pgedge localhost cluster-create CLUSTER_NAME NUM_NODES <flags>

Create a local cluster. Each node will be located in the cluster/<cluster_name>/<node_name> directory. Each database will have a different port. 

CLUSTER_NAME
    The name of the cluster.
NUM_NODES
    The number of nodes in the cluster.

--pg=PG
    The postgreSQL version of the database.

--port1=PORT1
    The starting port for this cluster. For local clusters, each node will have a port increasing by 1 from this port number.

-U, --User=USER


-P, --Passwd=PASSWD


-d, --db=DB
    The database name.

    Below is an example of the JSON file that is generated that defines a 2 node localhost cluster

    { "name": "cl1", "style": "localhost", "create_date": "2024-02-23", "localhost": { "os_user": "rocky", "ssh_key": "" }, "database": { "databases": [ { "username": "lcusr", "password": "lcpasswd", "name": "lcdb" } ], "pg_version": "16" }, "node_groups": { "localhost": [ { "nodes": [ { "name": "n1", "is_active": true, "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "port": 6432, "path": "/home/rocky/dev/cli/out/posix/cluster/cl1/n1" } ] }, { "nodes": [ { "name": "n2", "is_active": true, "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "port": 6433, "path": "/home/rocky/dev/cli/out/posix/cluster/cl1/n2" } ] } ] }