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This guide explains how to connect to ClickHouse with Oxy. ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented DBMS for real-time analytics.

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Configuration Options

Add your ClickHouse configuration to config.yml. Here are all available parameters: 
databases:
  - name: my_clickhouse_db # Unique identifier for this connection
    type: clickhouse
    host: "http://clickhouse.local:8123" # ClickHouse server url with protocol://hostname:port
    user: "default" # Username for authentication
    password: <password> # Direct password (not recommended)
    password_var: "CH_PWD" # Environment variable containing password (recommended)
    database: "default" # Database name to connect to

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Example Configurations

1

Prepare password environment variable

Export the environment variable:
export CH_PWD=<your password>
Or put it in .env file:
echo CH_PWD=<your password> >> .env
2

Add ClickHouse configuration

databases:
  - name: local_ch
    type: clickhouse
    host: "http://clickhouse.local:8123"
    user: "default"
    password_var: "CH_PWD"
    database: "analytics"

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Troubleshooting

  • Verify server status: clickhouse-client --query "SELECT 1"
  • Check system logs: /var/log/clickhouse-server/
  • Common ports: 8123 (HTTP), 9000 (TCP), 9009 (replication)
  • Monitor server metrics: system.metrics table