# Choose donor node when joing cluster

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-donor-node-when-joing-cluster/16049>\
**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.x\
**Tags:** percona\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-donor-node-when-joing-cluster/16049 "2022-06-08T14:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![danarashad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@danarashad](https://forums.percona.com/u/danarashad)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-donor-node-when-joing-cluster/16049/1 "2022-06-08T14:55:57Z")

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Is there an option which allows me to select the donor node when joining a new node to the cluster?

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**Author:** ![Wayne\_Leutwyler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/wayne_leutwyler/32/20829_2.png) [@Wayne\_Leutwyler](https://forums.percona.com/u/Wayne_Leutwyler)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-donor-node-when-joing-cluster/16049/2 "2022-06-08T15:05:02Z")

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[https://galeracluster.com/library/documentation/mysql-wsrep-options.html#wsrep-sst-donor](https://galeracluster.com/library/documentation/mysql-wsrep-options.html#wsrep-sst-donor)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Coburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/michael_coburn/32/18_2.png) [@Michael\_Coburn](https://forums.percona.com/u/Michael_Coburn)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-donor-node-when-joing-cluster/16049/3 "2022-06-08T18:00:46Z")

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