Update repl connection instructions for data-retention.adoc (#9717)

denislemire · rosieyohannan · web-flow · commit e273e51e5ac8 · 2025-11-11T11:11:09.000Z
- Server &gt;= 4.8 no longer includes lein client in the front-end container
- Need to use a port forward and docker container instead.

Co-authored-by: Rosie Yohannan &lt;rosie@circleci.com&gt;
diff --git a/docs/server-admin-4.8/modules/operator/pages/data-retention.adoc b/docs/server-admin-4.8/modules/operator/pages/data-retention.adoc
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ You can set up retention policies for both Mongo and PostgreSQL to clean up data
 +
 [source,bash]
 ----
-kubectl exec -it <frontend-xxx> -- /bin/bash
+kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods -l app=frontend -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' -n <namespace>) -n <namespace> 16000:6005 &
 ----
 +
 Then, connect to the REPL:
 +
 [source,bash]
 ----
-lein repl :connect 6005
+docker run --rm -it clojure bash
+lein repl :connect host.docker.internal:16000
 ----
 
 . Once connected, the current setting can be verified using the following command:

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`@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ You can set up retention policies for both Mongo and PostgreSQL to clean up data`
`15`	`15`	`+`
`16`	`16`	`[source,bash]`
`17`	`17`	`----`
`18`		`-kubectl exec -it <frontend-xxx> -- /bin/bash`
	`18`	`+kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods -l app=frontend -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' -n <namespace>) -n <namespace> 16000:6005 &`
`19`	`19`	`----`
`20`	`20`	`+`
`21`	`21`	`Then, connect to the REPL:`
`22`	`22`	`+`
`23`	`23`	`[source,bash]`
`24`	`24`	`----`
`25`		`-lein repl :connect 6005`
	`25`	`+docker run --rm -it clojure bash`
	`26`	`+lein repl :connect host.docker.internal:16000`
`26`	`27`	`----`
`27`	`28`
`28`	`29`	`. Once connected, the current setting can be verified using the following command:`