Timescaledb Installation on Ubuntu Linux

Would you like to learn how to perform a Timescaledb installation on Ubuntu Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install Timescaledb on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.

What is Timescaledb?

TimescaleDB is an open-source time-series database.

TimescaleDB databases are optimized for fast ingest and complex queries

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On the Linux console, use the following commands to check your Ubuntu codename.

# lsb_release -c -s

In our example, Ubuntu 18.04 codename is bionic.

Take note of this information.

On the Linux console, use the following commands to add the PostgreSQL APT repository

# apt-get install software-properties-common
# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B97B0AFCAA1A47F044F244A07FCC7D46ACCC4CF8
# add-apt-repository "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ `lsb_release -c -s`-pgdg main"

Now, you need to add the Timescaledb APT repository

# add-apt-repository ppa:timescale/timescaledb-ppa
# apt-get update

Use the following command to install TimescaleDB.

# apt-get install timescaledb-postgresql-11

Use the following command to update your postgresql.conf file to include the Timescaledb library.

# timescaledb-tune

The timescaledb-tune command will start to propose configurations tunning to PostgreSQL.

Press enter Y for all change proposals.

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Using postgresql.conf at this path:
/etc/postgresql/11/main/postgresql.conf

Is this correct? [(y)es/(n)o]: y
Writing backup to:
/tmp/timescaledb_tune.backup201904042301

shared_preload_libraries needs to be updated
Current:
#shared_preload_libraries = ''
Recommended:
shared_preload_libraries = 'timescaledb'
Is this okay? [(y)es/(n)o]: y
success: shared_preload_libraries will be updated

Tune memory/parallelism/WAL and other settings? [(y)es/(n)o]: y
Recommendations based on 983.91 MB of available memory and 1 CPUs for PostgreSQL 11

Memory settings recommendations
Current:
shared_buffers = 128MB
#effective_cache_size = 4GB
#maintenance_work_mem = 64MB
#work_mem = 4MB
Recommended:
shared_buffers = 251882kB
effective_cache_size = 755646kB
maintenance_work_mem = 125941kB
work_mem = 2518kB
Is this okay? [(y)es/(s)kip/(q)uit]: y
success: memory settings will be updated

WAL settings recommendations
Current:
#wal_buffers = -1
min_wal_size = 80MB
max_wal_size = 1GB
Recommended:
wal_buffers = 7556kB
min_wal_size = 4GB
max_wal_size = 8GB
Is this okay? [(y)es/(s)kip/(q)uit]: y
success: WAL settings will be updated

Miscellaneous settings recommendations
Current:
#default_statistics_target = 100
#random_page_cost = 4.0
#checkpoint_completion_target = 0.5
max_connections = 100
#max_locks_per_transaction = 64
#effective_io_concurrency = 1
Recommended:
default_statistics_target = 500
random_page_cost = 1.1
checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9
max_connections = 50
max_locks_per_transaction = 64
effective_io_concurrency = 200
Is this okay? [(y)es/(s)kip/(q)uit]: y
success: miscellaneous settings will be updated
Saving changes to: /etc/postgresql/11/main/postgresql.con

Use the following command to restart the PostgreSQL service.

# service postgresql restart

Use the following command to check the status of the PostgreSQL service

# service postgresql status

Here is an example of the PostgreSQL service status output.

● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL RDBMS
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Thu 2019-04-04 23:14:07 UTC; 23s ago
Process: 3689 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3689 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Apr 04 23:14:07 ip-172-31-33-180 systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL RDBMS...
Apr 04 23:14:07 ip-172-31-33-180 systemd[1]: Started PostgreSQL RDBMS.

Congratulations! You have successfully created a Timescaledb installation on Ubuntu Linux.

Timescaledb Installation on Ubuntu Linux