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What is Citus?
- Open-source PostgreSQL extension (not a fork)
- Scalable across multiple hosts through sharding and replication
- Distributed engine for query parallelization
- Highly available in the face of host failures
Citus horizontally scales PostgreSQL across commodity servers using sharding and replication. Its query engine parallelizes incoming SQL queries across these servers to enable real-time responses on large datasets.
Citus extends the underlying database rather than forking it, which gives developers and enterprises the power and familiarity of a traditional relational database. As an extension, Citus supports new PostgreSQL releases, allowing users to benefit from new features while maintaining compatibility with existing PostgreSQL tools. Note that Citus supports many (but not all) SQL commands; see the FAQ for more details.
Common Use-Cases:
- Powering real-time analytic dashboards
- Exploratory queries on events as they happen
- Large dataset archival and reporting
- Session analytics (funnels, segmentation, and cohorts)
To learn more, visit citusdata.com.
Quickstart
Local Citus Cluster
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(Mac only) connect to Docker VM
eval $(docker-machine env default) -
Pull and start the docker images
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citusdata/docker/master/docker-compose.yml docker-compose -p citus up -d -
Connect to the master database
docker exec -it citus_master psql -U postgres -d postgres -
Follow the first tutorial instructions
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To shut the cluster down, run
docker-compose -p citus down
Learn More
The project documentation and
tutorials are good places to start.
We’re responsive on Github, so you can use the issue
tracker to check for or
submit bug reports and feature requests. For more immediate help
or general discussion we’re on IRC at #citus on Freenode and
@citusdata on Twitter.
We also offer training and dedicated support options. More information is available on our support page.
Contributing
Citus is built on and of open source. We welcome your contributions, and have added a helpwanted label to issues which are accessible to new contributors. The CONTRIBUTING.md file explains how to get started developing the Citus extension itself and our code quality guidelines.