Mainflux.mainflux/readers/timescale

Timescale reader

Timescale reader 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_TIMESCALE_READER_LOG_LEVEL	Service log level	debug
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_PORT	Service HTTP port	8180
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_CLIENT_TLS	TLS mode flag	false
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_CA_CERTS	Path to trusted CAs in PEM format
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_HOST	Timescale DB host	timescale
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_PORT	Timescale DB port	5432
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_USER	Timescale user	mainflux
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_PASS	Timescale password	mainflux
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB	Timescale database name	messages
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_MODE	Timescale SSL mode	disabled
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_CERT	Timescale SSL certificate path	""
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_KEY	Timescale SSL key	""
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT	Timescale SSL root certificate path	""
MF_JAEGER_URL	Jaeger server URL	localhost:6831
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL	Things service Auth gRPC URL	localhost:8183
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT	Things service Auth gRPC timeout in seconds	1s

Deployment

The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the timescale-reader 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_TIMESCALE_READER_LOG_LEVEL=[Service log level] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_CLIENT_TLS =[TLS mode flag] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_HOST=[Timescale host] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_PORT=[Timescale port] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_USER=[Timescale user] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_PASS=[Timescale password] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB=[Timescale database name] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_MODE=[Timescale SSL mode] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_CERT=[Timescale SSL cert] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_KEY=[Timescale SSL key] \
MF_TIMESCALE_READER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT=[Timescale SSL Root cert] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL=[Things service Auth GRPC URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT=[Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-timescale-reader

Usage

Starting service will start consuming normalized messages in SenML format.