glances/docs/gw/timescaledb.rst

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.. _timescale:
TimeScaleDB
===========
TimescaleDB is a time-series database built on top of PostgreSQL.
You can export statistics to a ``TimescaleDB`` server.
The connection should be defined in the Glances configuration file as
following:
.. code-block:: ini
[timescaledb]
host=localhost
port=5432
db=glances
user=postgres
password=password
and run Glances with:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances --export timescaledb
Data model
-----------
Each plugin will create an `hypertable`_ in the TimescaleDB database.
Tables are partitionned by time (using the ``time`` column).
Tables are segmented by hostname (in order to have multiple host stored in the Glances database).
For plugin with a key (example network where the key is the interface name), the key will
be added as a column in the table (named key_id) and added to the timescaledb.segmentby option.
Current limitations
-------------------
Sensors and Fs plugins are not supported by the TimescaleDB exporter.
In the cpu plugin, the user field is exported as user_cpu (user_percpu in the percpu plugin)
because user is a reserved keyword in PostgreSQL.
.. _hypertable: https://docs.tigerdata.com/use-timescale/latest/hypertables/