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timescaledb-2.28.3

database designed to make SQL scalable for time-series data

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Description

TimescaleDB is an open-source database designed to make SQL scalable for time-series data. It is engineered up from PostgreSQL and packaged as a PostgreSQL extension, providing automatic partitioning across time and space (partitioning key), as well as full SQL support.

Package information

Ports path
databases/timescaledb
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Mark Patruck <mark@wrapped.cx>
Categories
databases
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
aarch64, alpha, amd64, mips64, mips64el, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64

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Enabling TimescaleDB
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You will need to edit your postgresql.conf file to include the TimescaleDB
library, and then restart PostgreSQL.

        shared_preload_libraries = 'timescaledb'

Upgrading TimescaleDB
=====================
(Perform a backup beforehand)
You will need to start psql with '-X' and execute :

        ALTER EXTENSION timescaledb UPDATE;

Executing '\dx timescaledb' should show the latest version number.

Telemetry
=========
TimescaleDB telemetry and version checking is disabled by default.

To turn on telemetry for a whole instance, simply include the following line
in your postgresql.conf file:

        timescaledb.telemetry_level=basic

Alternatively, you can enable it from psql:

        ALTER [SYSTEM | DATABASE | USER] { *db_name* | *role_specification* }
            SET timescaledb.telemetry_level=basic;

Then reload the configuration.

To disable it again at a later time, replace 'basic' with 'off' in the above.

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