Mainflux.mainflux/consumers/writers/postgres

Postgres writer

Postgres writer provides message repository implementation for Postgres.

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_POSTGRES_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL	Service log level	error
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_PORT	Service HTTP port	9104
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_HOST	Postgres DB host	postgres
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_PORT	Postgres DB port	5432
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_USER	Postgres user	mainflux
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_PASS	Postgres password	mainflux
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB	Postgres database name	messages
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_MODE	Postgres SSL mode	disabled
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_CERT	Postgres SSL certificate path	""
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_KEY	Postgres SSL key	""
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT	Postgres SSL root certificate path	""
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH	Configuration file path with NATS subjects list	/config.toml
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_CONTENT_TYPE	Message payload Content Type	application/senml+json
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_TRANSFORMER	Message transformer type	senml

Deployment

The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the postgres-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 postgres writer
make postgres-writer

# copy binary to bin
make install

# Set the environment variables and run the service
MF_NATS_URL=[NATS instance URL] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL=[Service log level] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_HOST=[Postgres host] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_PORT=[Postgres port] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_USER=[Postgres user] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_PASS=[Postgres password] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB=[Postgres database name] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_MODE=[Postgres SSL mode] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_CERT=[Postgres SSL cert] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_KEY=[Postgres SSL key] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT=[Postgres SSL Root cert] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH=[Configuration file path with NATS subjects list] \
MF_POSTGRES_WRITER_TRANSFORMER=[Message transformer type] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-postgres-writer

Usage

Starting service will start consuming normalized messages in SenML format.