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When a cluster is no longer needed whether it was created for testing, staging, or an obsolete workload—deleting it helps free up resources and maintain a clean infrastructure footprint. Elestio provides a straightforward and secure way to delete entire cluste...

Elestio provides a structured approach for migrating TimescaleDB databases from various environments, such as on-premises systems or other cloud platforms, to its managed services. This process ensures data integrity and minimizes downtime, facilitating a smoo...

Migrating or cloning services across cloud providers or geographic regions is a critical part of modern infrastructure management. Whether you’re optimizing for latency, preparing for disaster recovery, meeting regulatory requirements, or simply switching prov...

Manual Migrations using TimescaleDB's built-in tools pg_dump and pg_restore are ideal for users who prefer full control over data export and import, particularly during provider transitions, database version upgrades, or when importing an existing self-managed...

This guide walks you through the process of connecting a Node.js application to a TimescaleDB database using the pg package. You’ll learn how to set up the environment, configure the connection, and run a simple SQL query. Variables To connect to a Timescale...

This guide explains how to connect a Python application to a TimescaleDB database using the psycopg2-binary package. It covers environment setup, configuration, and execution of a simple query to test connectivity. Variables To connect to a TimescaleDB datab...

This guide explains how to connect a PHP application to a TimescaleDB database using the PDO extension. It covers setting up prerequisites, configuring the connection URI, and running a test SQL query. Variables To connect to a TimescaleDB database, you only...

This guide walks you through setting up a Go application to connect to a TimescaleDB database, using the PostgreSQL-compatible lib/pq driver, and running a basic query to verify the connection. Variables To connect to a TimescaleDB database, you only need on...

This guide shows how to connect your Java app to a TimescaleDB database using the PostgreSQL JDBC driver, parse command-line arguments, and run a basic query. Variables To connect to a TimescaleDB database, the following parameters are required. You can find...

This guide explains how to connect to a TimescaleDB database using the psql command-line tool. It walks through the necessary setup, connection process, and execution of a simple SQL query. Variables To connect to a TimescaleDB database, you only need one en...

pgAdmin is a widely used graphical interface for TimescaleDB that allows you to manage, connect to, and run queries on your databases with ease. Variables To connect using pgAdmin, you'll need the following connection parameters. When you deploy a TimescaleD...

TimescaleDB allows you to create databases using different methods, including the PostgreSQL interactive shell (psql), Docker (assuming TimescaleDB is running inside a container), and the command-line interface (createdb). This guide explains each method step-...

Upgrading a database service on Elestio can be done without creating a new instance or performing a full manual migration. Elestio provides a built-in option to change the database version directly from the dashboard. This is useful for cases where the upgrade...

TimescaleDB supports a growing range of PostgreSQL-compatible extensions that add extra functionality to the core database system. Extensions like pg_trgm (for text search) and some UUID utilities are used to extend native capabilities. However, not all Postgr...

Regular backups are a key part of managing a TimescaleDB deployment. While Elestio provides automated backups by default, you may want to perform manual backups for specific reasons, such as preparing for a major change, keeping a local copy, or testing backup...

Restoring backups is essential for recovery, environment duplication, or rollback scenarios. Elestio supports restoring backups both through its built-in dashboard and via command-line tools like pg_restore psql. You can also restore from inside Docker Compose...

Slow queries can significantly affect application performance and user experience. TimescaleDB offers built-in tools to analyze and identify these slow operations. On Elestio, whether you’re connected via terminal, inside a Docker Compose container, or using T...

Long-running queries can significantly impact database performance by consuming CPU, memory, and I/O resources over extended periods. In production environments like Elestio, it’s important to monitor for these queries and take timely action to terminate them ...

Running out of disk space in a database environment can lead to failed writes, service downtime, and even data corruption. TimescaleDB systems require available space not only for storing data but also for managing temporary files, WAL logs, indexes, and routi...

As your TimescaleDB database grows over time, it’s important to monitor its size and identify what parts of the database consume the most space. Unmanaged growth can lead to performance issues, disk exhaustion, and backup delays. On Elestio, where TimescaleDB ...