diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc index dae7b8502..649f6b7c6 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ SHOW DATABASE foo; === Seed from URI This method seeds all servers with an identical seed from an external source, specified by the URI. -The seed can be either a backup or a dump from an existing database. +The seed can either be a full backup, a differential backup (xref:clustering/databases.adoc#cloud-seed-provider[`CloudSeedProvider`], introduced in Neo4j 5.26), or a dump from an existing database. The sources of seeds are called _seed providers_. The mechanism is pluggable, allowing new sources of seeds to be supported (see link:https://www.neo4j.com/docs/java-reference/current/extending-neo4j/project-setup/#extending-neo4j-plugin-seed-provider[Java Reference -> Implement custom seed providers] for more information). @@ -527,6 +527,9 @@ label:new[Introduced in 5.25], the `CloudSeedProvider` supports: ** `gs:` ** `azb:` +Starting from Neo4j 5.26, the `CloudSeedProvider` supports using xref:backup-restore/modes.adoc#differential-backup[differential backup] files as seeds. +With the provided differential backup file, the `CloudSeedProvider` searches the directory containing differential backup files for a xref:backup-restore/online-backup.adoc#backup-chain[backup chain] ending at the specified differential backup, and then seeds using this backup chain. + [.tabbed-example] ===== [role=include-with-AWS-S3 label--new-5.25]