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Is it possible to run TimescaleDB on Azure PostgreSQL v16? I just tried and the options in shared_preload_libraries and azure.extensions are not there. Downgrading to v15 works. I assume it due to TimescaleDB only fairly recently supporting it (v2.13.0 on 2023-11-28) and Azure have not integrated yet. Therefore, is there an ETA?
Thank you for reaching out.
You mentioned that you tried running TimescaleDB on v16, but the necessary options (shared_preload_libraries and azure.extensions) were not available. Please see below doc for reference.
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Regards,
Oury
Thanks @Oury Ba-MSFT , that table was buried somewhat. Can you give any indication to when it will be available?
Daniel Siviter I was able to check this internally and it will be around May-2024. We noticed your feedback that the above answer was not helpful. Kindly let us know what we could have done better to improve the answer and make your engagement experience good. Looking forward to your reply. Much appreciate your feedback. Regards, Oury
@Daniel Siviter
Please see link below and screen shot. It is documented.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/concepts-extensions#timescaledb Hope that answers your question. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will appreciate if you could rate your feedback again. Regards, Oury
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Hi @Daniel Siviter
I believe currently, there is no other way to use the community edition of the TimescaleDB extension on Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, as it supports the Apache version.
The only viable option going would be to build own VM to make use of the community license.
We only support free version of timescale under apache license. Community version is under proprietary TSL (timescale license) and outside of timescale itself isn't supported by public cloud vendors. As of now there is no plans to support proprietary licensed extensions as stated in docs. more on licensing - Timescale Documentation | Compare TimescaleDB editions.
Hope that helps.
Thank you!
Hi @Rahul Randive
There is no mention of which license is in use on Azure Flexible PostgreSQL in any documentation I can find. As the blog post mentions a partnership I would have expected it was the timescale license. I've just run the following:
postgres=> SHOW timescaledb.license;
timescaledb.license
---------------------
apache
(1 row)
This evidently shows the version installed by Microsoft is the apache edition. This is unlikely to be a blocker for me in the near term, however it would have been good to document this in case people are finding limitations due to licence.