Install self-hosted TimescaleDB on Debian-based systems
You can host TimescaleDB yourself, on your Debian or Ubuntu system. These
instructions use the apt package manager on these distributions:
- Debian 9 Stretch
- Debian 10 Buster
- Debian 11 Bullseye
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa
- Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo
- Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri
warning
apt package manager, you could encounter errors following these instructions. It is safest to remove any existing PostgreSQL installations before you begin. If you want to keep your current PostgreSQL installation, do not install TimescaleDB TimescaleDB using this method. Install from source instead.Installing self-hosted TimescaleDB on Debian-based systems
At the command prompt, as root, add the PostgreSQL third party repository to get the latest PostgreSQL packages:
apt install gnupg postgresql-common apt-transport-https lsb-release wgetRun the PostgreSQL repository setup script:
/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.shAdd the TimescaleDB third party repository:
Install Timescale GPG key
wget --quiet -O - https://packagecloud.io/timescale/timescaledb/gpgkey | apt-key add -Update your local repository list:
apt updateInstall TimescaleDB:
apt install timescaledb-2-postgresql-14
When you have completed the installation, you need to configure your database so
that you can use it. The easiest way to do this is to run the timescaledb-tune
script, which is included with the timescaledb-tools package. For more
information, see the configuration section.
Set up the TimescaleDB extension
When you have PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB installed, you can connect to it from
your local system using the psql command-line utility. This is the same tool
you might have used to connect to PostgreSQL before, but if you haven't
installed it yet, check out our installing psql section.
Setting up the TimescaleDB extension
- On your local system, at the command prompt, connect to the PostgreSQL
instance as the
postgressuperuser:If your connection is successful, you'll see a message like this, followed by thepsql -U postgres -h localhostpsqlprompt:psql (13.3, server 12.8 (Ubuntu 12.8-1.pgdg21.04+1)) SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, bits: 256, compression: off) Type "help" for help. tsdb=> - At the
psqlprompt, create an empty database. Our database is calledexample:CREATE database example; - Connect to the database you created:
\c example - Add the TimescaleDB extension:
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS timescaledb; - You can now connect to your database using this command:
psql -U postgres -h localhost -d example
You can check that the TimescaleDB extension is installed by using the \dx
command at the psql prompt. It looks like this:
tsdb=> \dx
List of installed extensions
-[ RECORD 1 ]------------------------------------------------------------------
Name | pg_stat_statements
Version | 1.7
Schema | public
Description | track execution statistics of all SQL statements executed
-[ RECORD 2 ]------------------------------------------------------------------
Name | plpgsql
Version | 1.0
Schema | pg_catalog
Description | PL/pgSQL procedural language
-[ RECORD 3 ]------------------------------------------------------------------
Name | timescaledb
Version | 2.5.1
Schema | public
Description | Enables scalable inserts and complex queries for time-series data
-[ RECORD 4 ]------------------------------------------------------------------
Name | timescaledb_toolkit
Version | 1.3.1
Schema | public
Description | timescaledb_toolkit
tsdb=>Where to next
Now that you have your first TimescaleDB database up and running, you can check out the TimescaleDB section in our documentation, and find out what you can do with it.
If you want to work through some tutorials to help you get up and running with TimescaleDB and time-series data, check out our tutorials section.
You can always contact us if you need help working something out, or if you want to have a chat.
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