3. Configuring an Archive Engine to use TimescaleDB

The archive engine can write to the TimescaleDB sample table using the existing generic RDB implementation. For example settings see engine_settings.ini.

List configurations:

archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/engine_settings.ini -list

Export/Import config:

archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/engine_settings.ini -export `pwd`/test.xml
archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/engine_settings.ini -import `pwd`/test.xml -engine Test

Run:

archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/engine_settings.ini -engine Test

3.1. Importing existing data

CopyRDBToTimestampDB can be used to copy samples from an existing RDB into TimescaleDB.