Use a command-line client such as MySQL Client or MySQL Shell to configure outbound replication from a DB system to an external replica.

1. Open MySQL Shell and connect to the replica.
2. On the replica, specify the replication source by running the following command in the SQL execution mode :

   CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO SOURCE_HOST='<DBSystemIPAddress>', 
   SOURCE_PORT=3306, SOURCE_USER='<SourceUser>', SOURCE_PASSWORD='<SourcePassword>', SOURCE_SSL=1, 
   SOURCE_AUTO_POSITION=1 FOR CHANNEL '<ChannelName>';

   • SOURCE_HOST: Specify the IP address of the source DB system.
   • SOURCE_PORT: Specify the port the source is configured to use. The default port is 3306.
   • SOURCE_USER: Specify the username of the replication user that you created on the source DB system.
   • SOURCE_PASSWORD: Specify the password of the replication user.
   • SOURCE_SSL=1: Specify that the connection uses SSL encryption.
   • SOURCE_AUTO_POSITION=1: Specify that the replica connects to the source using the auto-positioning feature of GTID-based replication, rather than a binary log file based position.
   • CHANNEL: Specify a replication channel. This either uses an existing replication channel with the supplied channel name or, if the channel does not exist, creates one using the supplied name.
3. To start replication, run the following command on the replica:

   START REPLICA FOR CHANNEL '<ChannelName>';

   <ChannelName>: Specify the name of the channel.

4. To view the replication status, run any of the following commands:
   • On the replica:

     SHOW REPLICA STATUS \G;

     SHOW PROCESSLIST;

   • On the source DB system:

     SHOW REPLICAS;

     SHOW PROCESSLIST;