Mainflux.mainflux/consumers/writers/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.

Variable	Description	Default
MF_NATS_URL	NATS instance URL	nats://localhost:4222
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL	Service log level	error
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_PORT	Service HTTP port	9104
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_HOST	Timescale DB host	timescale
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_PORT	Timescale DB port	5432
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_USER	Timescale user	mainflux
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_PASS	Timescale password	mainflux
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB	Timescale database name	messages
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_MODE	Timescale SSL mode	disabled
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_CERT	Timescale SSL certificate path	""
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_KEY	Timescale SSL key	""
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT	Timescale SSL root certificate path	""
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH	Configuration file path with NATS subjects list	/config.toml

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/mainflux/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the timescale writer
make timescale-writer

# copy binary to bin
make install

# Set the environment variables and run the service
MF_NATS_URL=[NATS instance URL] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL=[Service log level] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_HOST=[Timescale host] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_PORT=[Timescale port] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_USER=[Timescale user] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_PASS=[Timescale password] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB=[Timescale database name] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_MODE=[Timescale SSL mode] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_CERT=[Timescale SSL cert] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_KEY=[Timescale SSL key] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT=[Timescale SSL Root cert] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH=[Configuration file path with NATS subjects list] \
MF_TIMESCALE_WRITER_TRANSFORMER=[Message transformer type] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-timescale-writer

Usage

Starting service will start consuming normalized messages in SenML format.