TimescaleDB is an extension of Postgres that is required for the Flags feature. It is recommended to use the Virtual Machine/EC2 installation for TimescaleDB instead of using Helm.

We have included two different deployment strategies for the Timescale implementation:

1. Primary Server with Read Replica
2. Single Server

We recommend using Primary/Secondary for production-level environments and the Single Server for non-production environments. The TimescaleDB template is stored in the TimescaleDB folder.

Primary Server with Read Replica

This deployment strategy involves creating 2 VMs. One that will serve as the primary and another that will serve as the secondary read replica. This can be deployed using our terraform template or by manually deploying VMs and using our auto install userdata as a reference for server config. Primary, Secondary.

Single Server

This deployment strategy involves creating 1 VM. This VM will serve as the primary and single point of failure. This can be deployed using our terraform template by setting var.timescale_server_replication_enabled to false or by manually deploying a VM and using our auto install userdata as a reference for server config. [Primary]

Backups

In the terraform deployment, we have configured pgBackRest to perform full and incremental backups to a storage account. If installing manually, the auto install script can be used as a reference.

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Note for AWS govcloud

Before running the template, you must manually enable the ami via Marketplace, if this is a new account and build a VM. If you search for ubuntu jammy, you should pick the image and build a virtual machine. Its a basic machine and you can delete it after.
Log in to the associated AWS GovCloud (US) Region account as an end user. Open the Amazon EC2 console. Choose Launch instance. Under Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), select AWS Marketplace.

Other deployment strategies

Managed Service

TimescaleDB also offers a managed service. This can be used if you wish to abstract management burdens.

Helm and Kubernetes

TimescaleDB offers a helm chart for usage with Kubernetes. This method of deployment is not supported by the Codecov team but can be used to deploy TimescaleDB in your cluster.