timescale

Timescale writer

Timescale writer provides message repository implementation for Timescale.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Deployment

The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the timescale-writer service section in docker-compose to see how service is deployed.

To start the service, execute the following shell script:

# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/absmach/magistrala

cd magistrala

# compile the timescale writer
make timescale-writer

# copy binary to bin
make install

# Set the environment variables and run the service
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL=[Service log level] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH=[Configuration file path with Message broker subjects list] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_HTTP_HOST=[Service HTTP host] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_HTTP_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_CERT=[Service HTTP server cert] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_KEY=[Service HTTP server key] \
MG_TIMESCALE_HOST=[Timescale host] \
MG_TIMESCALE_PORT=[Timescale port] \
MG_TIMESCALE_USER=[Timescale user] \
MG_TIMESCALE_PASS=[Timescale password] \
MG_TIMESCALE_NAME=[Timescale database name] \
MG_TIMESCALE_SSL_MODE=[Timescale SSL mode] \
MG_TIMESCALE_SSL_CERT=[Timescale SSL cert] \
MG_TIMESCALE_SSL_KEY=[Timescale SSL key] \
MG_TIMESCALE_SSL_ROOT_CERT=[Timescale SSL Root cert] \
MG_MESSAGE_BROKER_URL=[Message broker instance URL] \
MG_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MG_SEND_TELEMETRY=[Send telemetry to magistrala call home server] \
MG_TIMESCALE_WRITER_INSTANCE_ID=[Timescale writer instance ID] \
$GOBIN/magistrala-timescale-writer

Usage

Starting service will start consuming normalized messages in SenML format.