Jignesh Raiyani shows how you can set up merge replication on SQL Server on Linux:
In this article, we will discuss to deploy SQL Server Merge Replication on Linux environment. Many SQL Server features are not available on Linux by Microsoft but the Replication feature exists for Linux Environment Edition. Before starting anything, let’s address this question – what is Merge Replication?
Merge Replication is a data synchronization process with one database (Publisher) to other databases (Subscriber) and vice versa. The data synchronization audit will be controlled by the distributor (Distribution database). The distributor database will manage the data synchronization between Publisher and Subscribers.
Merge replication is also an unending nightmare of pain, but you do what you gotta do.