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+{
+    "name" : "upgrade_setup",
+    "desc" : "upgrade setup",
+    "loop" : false,
+    "phases" : {
+                "0" :
+                {
+                    "name" : "Source Cluster",
+                    "desc" :  "Course Cluster Set up",
+                    "cluster" : {"add" : "3"}},
+                "1" :
+                {
+                    "name" : "create_local_buckets",
+                    "desc" :  "create_local_buckets",
+                    "buckets" : {"default" : {"quota": "956", "replicas": "1",
+                                              "replica_index": "1"},
+                                 "sasl": {"count": "3", "quota": "728", "replicas": "1",
+                                          "replica_index": "1"}
+                                }}
+                "2" :
+                 {
+                    "name" : "pair_sites_for_standardbuckets",
+                    "desc" :  "set_replication_type_for_standardbuckets",
+                    "xdcr" : {
+                              "dest_cluster_name" : "source",
+                              "dest_cluster_rest_username" : "Administrator",
+                              "dest_cluster_rest_pwd" : "password",
+                              "replication_type" : "unidirection",
+                              "buckets" : ["default","standardbucket"]
+                             }
+                 }
+       }
+}