MarkLogic: ReST API - Create a forest with a replica on another host

forest-and-replica-rest.xqy

xquery version "1.0-ml";
(: 
1) setup a cluster with a couple of hosts (127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.2)
2) create forest (replicatest) on host 127.0.0.2
3) create forest (test) on host 127.0.0.1 
:)

declare variable $payload-status := '{
  "forest-name":"test",
  "host":"' || xdmp:hostname() || '",
  "data-directory":"/tmp",
  "forest-replica":[
    {"replica-name":"replicatest","host":"127.0.0.2"}
  ]
}';

xdmp:http-post("http://localhost:8002/manage/v2/forests?format=json",
  <options xmlns="xdmp:http">
       <authentication method="digest">
         <username>user</username>
         <password>pass</password>
       </authentication>
       <data>{$payload-status}</data>
       <headers>
         <content-type>application/json</content-type>
         <accept>application/json</accept>
       </headers>
  </options>)